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Title: Michael McDonald (musician) Background: Michael McDonald (born February 12, 1952) is an American singer, songwriter, keyboardist and record producer. McDonald's music career spans more than 45 years. His early career included singing with Steely Dan. He joined the Doobie Brothers in 1976 and remained an integra...	[ "Yah Mo B There\", a duet with James Ingram, won the 27th Annual Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals. In 1985," ]
Title: Thomas Nast Background: Thomas Nast (; German: [nast]; September 27, 1840 - December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was the scourge of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic party...	[ "Christmas Eve" ]
Title: Thomas Nast Background: Thomas Nast (; German: [nast]; September 27, 1840 - December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". He was the scourge of Democratic Representative "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic party...	[ "His body was returned to the United States, where he was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City." ]
Title: Led Zeppelin IV Background: English rock band Led Zeppelin's untitled fourth album, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, was released on 8 November 1971 by Atlantic Records. Produced by guitarist Jimmy Page, it was recorded between November 1970 and January 1971 at several locations, most prominently the Victoria...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Mao Asada Background: Mao Asada (Qian Tian Zhen Yang , Asada Mao, born September 25, 1990) is a former Japanese competitive figure skater. She is the 2010 Olympic silver medalist, a three-time World champion (2008, 2010, 2014), a three-time Four Continents champion (2008, 2010, 2013), and a four-time Grand Pri...	[ "Asada was fifth in the short program, 10.03 points behind Yuna Kim," ]
Title: Cancer Bats Background: Cancer Bats are a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. They have released five studio albums and six extended plays. The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Scott Middleton, drummer Mike Peters and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer. Cancer Bats take a wide variety ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Between the Buried and Me Background: Between the Buried and Me is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead guitar, backing vocals), Dustie Waring (rhythm guitar), Dan Briggs (bass, ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Between the Buried and Me Background: Between the Buried and Me is an American progressive metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina. Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tommy Giles Rogers Jr. (lead vocals, keyboards), Paul Waggoner (lead guitar, backing vocals), Dustie Waring (rhythm guitar), Dan Briggs (bass, ...	[ "Alaska." ]
Title: Cancer Bats Background: Cancer Bats are a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. They have released five studio albums and six extended plays. The band is composed of vocalist Liam Cormier, guitarist Scott Middleton, drummer Mike Peters and bassist Jaye R. Schwarzer. Cancer Bats take a wide variety ...	[ "Cancer Bats were also nominated for 2008 Album of the Year for the 2008 Kerrang! awards." ]
Title: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling Background: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (German: ['SelING]; 27 January 1775 - 20 August 1854), later (after 1812) von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him between...	[ "In Jena, Schelling was on good terms with Fichte at first, but their different conceptions, about nature in particular, led to increasing divergence in their thought." ]
Title: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling Background: Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (German: ['SelING]; 27 January 1775 - 20 August 1854), later (after 1812) von Schelling, was a German philosopher. Standard histories of philosophy make him the midpoint in the development of German idealism, situating him between...	[ "From 1783 to 1784 Schelling attended a Latin school in Nurtingen" ]
Title: New Order (band) Background: New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. New Order were formed in the demise of their previous post-punk band Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis. They were joine...	[ "The initial release as New Order was the single \"Ceremony\", backed with \"In a Lonely Place\"." ]
Title: New Order (band) Background: New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. New Order were formed in the demise of their previous post-punk band Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis. They were joine...	[ "track. At the 2005 NME Awards, New Order and Joy Division received the award for \"Godlike Geniuses\" (" ]
Title: W. H. Auden Background: Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 - 29 September 1973) was an English-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form and content. He is best known for love poem...	[ "Auden published about four hundred poems, including seven long poems (two of them book-length)." ]
Title: W. H. Auden Background: Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 - 29 September 1973) was an English-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form and content. He is best known for love poem...	[ "Twenty of these poems appeared in his first book Poems (1928), a pamphlet hand-printed by Stephen Spender." ]
Title: Susan Boyle Background: Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables. Her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was release...	[ "Her performance on the show was the first time she had sung in public since her mother died." ]
Title: Susan Boyle Background: Susan Magdalane Boyle (born 1 April 1961) is a Scottish singer who came to international attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from Les Miserables. Her first album, I Dreamed a Dream, was release...	[ "Boyle was \"absolutely gobsmacked\" by the strength of the reaction to her appearance." ]
Title: Simon Poidevin Background: Born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Poidevin played rugby at St Patrick's College (now Trinity Catholic College) in New South Wales, and made the Australian Schoolboy side. Upon finishing school he played a season with the Goulburn Rugby Union Football Club and then, in 1978, he moved ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: 14th Dalai Lama Background: The 14th Dalai Lama (religious name: Tenzin Gyatso, shortened from Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso; born Lhamo Thondup, 6 July 1935) is the current Dalai Lama. Dalai Lamas are important monks of the Gelug school, the newest school of Tibetan Buddhism which was form...	[ "there were demands from Indian politicians of different political parties and citizens to confer His Holiness The Dalai Lama the prestigious Bharat Ratna," ]
Title: Sheila E. Background: Born in Oakland, California, Sheila E. is the daughter of Juanita Gardere, a dairy factory worker, and percussionist Pete Escovedo, with whom she frequently performs. Her mother is Creole-French/African mix, and her father is of Mexican origin. Sheila E's uncle is Alejandro Escovedo, and T...	[ "On May 25, 2011, Sheila performed alongside Marc Anthony on the tenth season finale of American Idol." ]
Title: Simon Poidevin Background: Born in Goulburn, New South Wales, Poidevin played rugby at St Patrick's College (now Trinity Catholic College) in New South Wales, and made the Australian Schoolboy side. Upon finishing school he played a season with the Goulburn Rugby Union Football Club and then, in 1978, he moved ...	[ "This was the first time Poidevin was dropped from the Australia national rugby union team." ]
Title: Rubber Soul Background: Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 3 December 1965 in the United Kingdom, on EMI's Parlophone label, accompanied by the non-album double A-side single "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out". The original North American version of ...	[ "release, the Beatles performed at the Odeon Cinema in Glasgow," ]
Title: Rubber Soul Background: Rubber Soul is the sixth studio album by the English rock band the Beatles. It was released on 3 December 1965 in the United Kingdom, on EMI's Parlophone label, accompanied by the non-album double A-side single "Day Tripper" / "We Can Work It Out". The original North American version of ...	[ "Ringo Starr had frequently augmented Beatles tracks with percussion instruments such as maracas or tambourine, but on \"I'm Looking Through You\" he unusually used taps on a box of matches," ]
Title: New Order (band) Background: New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. New Order were formed in the demise of their previous post-punk band Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis. They were joine...	[ "The singles that followed, \"Everything's Gone Green\" and \"Temptation\", saw a change in direction toward dance music." ]
Title: New Order (band) Background: New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris. New Order were formed in the demise of their previous post-punk band Joy Division, following the suicide of vocalist Ian Curtis. They were joine...	[ "\"Temptation\" and \"Confusion\"--" ]
Title: Randy Savage Background: Poffo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the elder son of Judy and Angelo Poffo. His father was Italian American and his mother was Jewish; Poffo was raised Roman Catholic. Angelo was a well-known wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s, who was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! for his ability ...	[ "When Hogan failed to recapture his \"nWo\" title from Sting, it was Savage's turn," ]
Title: Hide (musician) Background: Hideto Matsumoto (Song Ben Xiu Ren , Matsumoto Hideto, December 13, 1964 - May 2, 1998), better known by his stage name hide, was a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal band X Japan. Section: 1964-1987: Ea...	[ "he concentrated on guitar and in 1981 formed the band Saber Tiger." ]
Title: Hide (musician) Background: Hideto Matsumoto (Song Ben Xiu Ren , Matsumoto Hideto, December 13, 1964 - May 2, 1998), better known by his stage name hide, was a Japanese musician, singer and songwriter. He is primarily known for his work as lead guitarist of the heavy metal band X Japan. Section: 1987-1997: X ...	[ "September 1997 it was announced that X Japan would disband, they performed their farewell show, aptly titled The Last Live, at the Tokyo Dome on December 31, 1997." ]
Title: Randy Savage Background: Poffo was born in Columbus, Ohio, the elder son of Judy and Angelo Poffo. His father was Italian American and his mother was Jewish; Poffo was raised Roman Catholic. Angelo was a well-known wrestler in the 1950s and 1960s, who was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! for his ability ...	[ "he and Steamboat laid out and rehearsed every spot in the match prior to WrestleMania, at his home in Florida." ]
Title: Richard Stallman Background: Stallman was born to Alice Lippman, a school teacher, and Daniel Stallman, a printing press broker, in 1953 in New York City. Stallman had a difficult relationship with his parents, as his father had a drinking habit and verbally abused his stepmother. He later came to describe his ...	[ "Stallman argues that the term \"intellectual property\" is designed to confuse people," ]
Title: Richard Stallman Background: Stallman was born to Alice Lippman, a school teacher, and Daniel Stallman, a printing press broker, in 1953 in New York City. Stallman had a difficult relationship with his parents, as his father had a drinking habit and verbally abused his stepmother. He later came to describe his ...	[ "programming" ]
Title: Chuck Schuldiner Background: Charles Michael "Chuck" Schuldiner (May 13, 1967 - December 13, 2001) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He founded the pioneering band Death in 1983. Schuldiner is often referred to as "The Godfather of death metal", and his obituary in the January 5, 2002 issue of ...	[ "Individual Thought Patterns, 1995's Symbolic, and finally The Sound of Perseverance in 1998." ]
Title: Sid Caesar Background: Caesar was the youngest of three sons born to Jewish immigrants living in Yonkers, New York. His father was Max Ziser (1874-1946) and his mother was Ida (nee Raphael) (1887-1975). They likely were from Dabrowa Tarnowska, Poland. Reports state that the surname "Caesar" was given to Max, as...	[ "which led to Caesar's first series, Admiral Broadway Revue with Imogene Coca." ]
Title: Criss Angel Background: Criss Angel was born on December 19, 1967, at Hempstead General Hospital in Hempstead, on Long Island, New York. He is of Greek descent. Angel was raised in Elmont until fourth grade, when his family moved to East Meadow, New York. His father, John Sarantakos, owned a restaurant and doug...	[ "For the performance, he was suspended ten stories in the air and bound in a straitjacket, from which he escaped." ]
Title: Criss Angel Background: Criss Angel was born on December 19, 1967, at Hempstead General Hospital in Hempstead, on Long Island, New York. He is of Greek descent. Angel was raised in Elmont until fourth grade, when his family moved to East Meadow, New York. His father, John Sarantakos, owned a restaurant and doug...	[ "magicians" ]
Title: Sam Cooke Background: Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 - December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. Influential as both a singer and composer, he is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and importance within popular music. H...	[ "After Cooke's death, his widow, Barbara, married Bobby Womack. Cooke's daughter, Linda, later married Womack's brother, Cecil." ]
Title: George Armstrong Custer Background: George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 - June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1857, where he graduated last in his cla...	[ "he led the division (five regiments of veteran Western Theater cavalrymen) to Texas on an arduous 18-day march in August." ]
Title: Madalyn Murray O'Hair Background: Madalyn Murray O'Hair (nee Mays; April 13, 1919 - September 29, 1995), was an American activist, founder of American Atheists, and the organization's president from 1963 to 1986. She created the first issues of American Atheist Magazine. O'Hair is best known for the Murray v. C...	[ "on The Phil Donahue Show several times, including the first episode in 1967, following which Phil Donahue said O'Hair was unpleasant" ]
Title: Madalyn Murray O'Hair Background: Madalyn Murray O'Hair (nee Mays; April 13, 1919 - September 29, 1995), was an American activist, founder of American Atheists, and the organization's president from 1963 to 1986. She created the first issues of American Atheist Magazine. O'Hair is best known for the Murray v. C...	[ "In 1941, she married John Henry Roths. They separated when they both enlisted for World War II service," ]
Title: Eraserheads Background: Eraserheads (sometimes stylized as ERAS3RHEADS) is a Filipino rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Ely Buendia, Marcus Adoro, Buddy Zabala, and Raimund Marasigan, the band became one of the most successful, most influential, critically acclaimed, and significant bands in the history o...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Amy Winehouse Background: Amy Winehouse was born in Chase Farm Hospital, in north London, to Jewish parents. Her father, Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, was a window panel installer and then a taxi driver; and her mother, Janis Winehouse (nee Seaton), was a pharmacist. Winehouse's ancestors were Russian Jewish and ...	[ "charges of common assault, plus another charge of public order offence" ]
Title: Oprah Winfrey Background: Winfrey's first name was spelled "Orpah" on her birth certificate after the biblical figure in the Book of Ruth, but people mispronounced it regularly and "Oprah" stuck. She was born in Kosciusko, Mississippi, to an unmarried teenage mother. She later said that her conception was due t...	[ "Oprah voiced Gussie the goose in Charlotte's Web (2006) and voiced Judge Bumbleton in Bee Movie (2007)," ]
Title: Sugizo Background: Yune Sugihara (Shan Yuan You Yin , Sugihara Yune), born Yasuhiro Sugihara (Shan Yuan Kang Hong , Sugihara Yasuhiro, on July 8, 1969 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan), known exclusively by his stage name Sugizo, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is best ...	[ "Around late 2001 he formed the solo project Sugizo & the Spank Your Juice, with whom he toured with until 2004 and released three singles;" ]
Title: Sugizo Background: Yune Sugihara (Shan Yuan You Yin , Sugihara Yune), born Yasuhiro Sugihara (Shan Yuan Kang Hong , Sugihara Yasuhiro, on July 8, 1969 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan), known exclusively by his stage name Sugizo, is a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. He is best ...	[ "On August 11, 1999 a compilation album titled \"Grand Cross 1999\", which was sponsored by Sugizo's record label \"Cross\", was released," ]
Title: Jiddu Krishnamurti Background: Jiddu Krishnamurti (;11 May 1895 - 17 February 1986) was a philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the Theosophy organization behind it. His subject matter included psychological...	[ "Leadbeater and a small number of trusted associates undertook the task of educating, protecting, and generally preparing Krishnamurti as the \"vehicle\" of the expected World Teacher." ]
Title: Jiddu Krishnamurti Background: Jiddu Krishnamurti (;11 May 1895 - 17 February 1986) was a philosopher, speaker and writer. In his early life he was groomed to be the new World Teacher but later rejected this mantle and withdrew from the Theosophy organization behind it. His subject matter included psychological...	[ "His parents had a total of eleven children, of whom six survived childhood." ]
Title: Frank Hague Background: Francis "Frank" Hague, born in Jersey City, was the fourth of eight children to John D. and Margaret Hague (nee Fagen), immigrants from County Cavan, Ireland. He was raised in Jersey City's Second ward, an area known as The Horseshoe due to its shape which wrapped around a railroad loop....	[ "Hudson County, a densely populated urban area in a state that was still mostly rural," ]
Title: Frank Hague Background: Francis "Frank" Hague, born in Jersey City, was the fourth of eight children to John D. and Margaret Hague (nee Fagen), immigrants from County Cavan, Ireland. He was raised in Jersey City's Second ward, an area known as The Horseshoe due to its shape which wrapped around a railroad loop....	[ "For example, county prosecutors were now directly accountable to the state attorney general. It also set up a new state Supreme Court," ]
Title: Roy Keane Background: Keane was born into a working class family in Ballinderry Park, Mayfield, Cork. His father, Maurice, took work wherever he could find, which led to jobs at a local knitwear company and at Murphy's Irish Stout brewery, among others. His family were keen on sport, football especially, and ma...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Roy Keane Background: Keane was born into a working class family in Ballinderry Park, Mayfield, Cork. His father, Maurice, took work wherever he could find, which led to jobs at a local knitwear company and at Murphy's Irish Stout brewery, among others. His family were keen on sport, football especially, and ma...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Dante Lavelli Background: Dante Bert Joseph "Gluefingers" Lavelli (February 23, 1923 - January 20, 2009) was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1956. Starring alongside quarterback Otto Graham...	[ "Hudson High School" ]
Title: Dante Lavelli Background: Dante Bert Joseph "Gluefingers" Lavelli (February 23, 1923 - January 20, 2009) was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) and National Football League (NFL) from 1946 to 1956. Starring alongside quarterback Otto Graham...	[ "congestive heart failure and bladder and kidney infections" ]
Title: Charlie Ward Background: Charlie Ward Jr. (born October 12, 1970) is a retired American professional NBA basketball player, college football Heisman Trophy winner, Davey O'Brien Award winner and a Major League Baseball draftee. Despite his NCAA football success, Ward was one of the very few players who won a He...	[ "Sixteen. He made the game-winning shot in its Metro Conference Tournament Championship game win over Louisville in 1991." ]
Title: Walter Scott Background: Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSE (15 August 1771 - 21 September 1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, poet and historian. Many of his works remain classics of both English-language literature and of Scottish literature. Famous titles include Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Old Mort...	[ "A Roman road with a ford near Melrose used in olden days by the abbots of Melrose suggested the name of Abbotsford." ]
Title: Debby Boone Background: Deborah Anne "Debby" Boone (born September 22, 1956), is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, "You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the Grammy Award for Best New Artist the foll...	[ "In 1978, Boone made her first foray into television with a musical adaptation of O." ]
Title: Tulsi Gabbard Background: Tulsi Gabbard (, born April 12, 1981) is an American politician of the Democratic Party serving as the U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 2nd congressional district since 2013. She was also a Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee until February 28, 2016, when she resigned to en...	[ "She returned from a deployment to Iraq in 2006 and worked for U.S. Senator Daniel Akaka," ]
Title: Jimi Hendrix Background: James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in t...	[ "Stationed in Alabama at the time of Hendrix's birth, Al was denied the standard military furlough afforded servicemen for childbirth;" ]
Title: Jimi Hendrix Background: James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 - September 18, 1970) was an American rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most influential electric guitarists in t...	[ "In mid-1959, his father relented and bought him a white Supro Ozark." ]
Title: Usher (musician) Background: Usher was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jonetta Patton (nee O'Neal), from Tennessee, and Usher Raymond III. Usher spent the majority of his young life in Chattanooga: his father left the family when Usher was a year old. Usher grew up with his mother, then-stepfather, and half-b...	[ "each topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four and six weeks, respectively. 8701 has been certified four-time platinum in the United States." ]
Title: Usher (musician) Background: Usher was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Jonetta Patton (nee O'Neal), from Tennessee, and Usher Raymond III. Usher spent the majority of his young life in Chattanooga: his father left the family when Usher was a year old. Usher grew up with his mother, then-stepfather, and half-b...	[ "The company donates a portion of its products to schools and has brought in over $20 million in revenue" ]
Title: At the Drive-In Background: At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band currently consists of Cedric Bixler (vocals), Omar Rodriguez (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar, vocals). After several early line-up chang...	[ "We need time to rest up and re-evaluate, just to be human beings again and to decide when we feel like playing music again.\"" ]
Title: At the Drive-In Background: At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, formed in 1994. The band currently consists of Cedric Bixler (vocals), Omar Rodriguez (guitar, vocals), Paul Hinojos (bass), Tony Hajjar (drums) and Keeley Davis (guitar, vocals). After several early line-up chang...	[ "Omar often played more experimental riffs and melodies over the top." ]
Title: As I Lay Dying (band) Background: As I Lay Dying is an American metalcore band from San Diego, California. Founded in 2000 by vocalist Tim Lambesis, the establishment of the band's first full lineup, which included drummer Jordan Mancino, occurred in 2001. As I Lay Dying has released six albums, one split album...	[ "However, in later years, Lambesis showed an increasing philosophical skepticism towards Christianity and religion in general:" ]
Title: As I Lay Dying (band) Background: As I Lay Dying is an American metalcore band from San Diego, California. Founded in 2000 by vocalist Tim Lambesis, the establishment of the band's first full lineup, which included drummer Jordan Mancino, occurred in 2001. As I Lay Dying has released six albums, one split album...	[ "A Greater Foundation" ]
Title: Placebo (band) Background: Placebo is an alternative rock band, formed in London, England in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who left in 1996 due to conflicts with Molko and was replaced the same year by Steve Hew...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Placebo (band) Background: Placebo is an alternative rock band, formed in London, England in 1994 by singer-guitarist Brian Molko and guitarist-bassist Stefan Olsdal. The band were soon joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who left in 1996 due to conflicts with Molko and was replaced the same year by Steve Hew...	[ "he admitted that heroin was \"probably the only drug on this planet I haven't tried\"." ]
Title: The Roots Background: The Roots is an American hip hop band, formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots are known for a jazzy and eclectic approach to hip-hop featuring live musical instruments. Malik B., Leonard "Hub" H...	[ " The 1996 release Illadelph Halflife was the group's first album to break the Top 40 on the" ]
Title: The Roots Background: The Roots is an American hip hop band, formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The Roots are known for a jazzy and eclectic approach to hip-hop featuring live musical instruments. Malik B., Leonard "Hub" H...	[ "Frank Knuckles left the Roots" ]
Title: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Background: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (3 February 1830 - 22 August 1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British statesman of the Conservative Party, servin...	[ "The Quarterly Review was the foremost intellectual journal of the age" ]
Title: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Background: Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, (3 February 1830 - 22 August 1903), styled Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and Viscount Cranborne from June 1865 until April 1868, was a British statesman of the Conservative Party, servin...	[ "He was a patrilineal descendant of Lord Burghley and the 1st Earl of Salisbury, chief ministers of Elizabeth I." ]
Title: Mark Henry Background: Henry was born in Silsbee, Texas. As a child, he was a big wrestling fan and Andre the Giant was his favorite wrestler. While attending a wrestling show in Beaumont, Texas, young Henry tried to touch Andre as he was walking down the aisle, but tripped over the barricade. Andre picked him ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Mark Henry Background: Henry was born in Silsbee, Texas. As a child, he was a big wrestling fan and Andre the Giant was his favorite wrestler. While attending a wrestling show in Beaumont, Texas, young Henry tried to touch Andre as he was walking down the aisle, but tripped over the barricade. Andre picked him ...	[ "D'Lo Brown" ]
Title: George Steiner Background: Francis George Steiner, FBA (born April 23, 1929) is a French-born American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He has written extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, and the impact of the Holocaust. An article in The Gu...	[ "While Steiner received a professorial salary, he was never made a full professor at Cambridge with the right to examine." ]
Title: George Steiner Background: Francis George Steiner, FBA (born April 23, 1929) is a French-born American literary critic, essayist, philosopher, novelist, and educator. He has written extensively about the relationship between language, literature and society, and the impact of the Holocaust. An article in The Gu...	[ "He has an elder sister, Ruth Lilian," ]
Title: The Flaming Lips Background: The Flaming Lips are an American rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The group recorded several albums and EPs on an indie label, Restless, in the 1980s and early 1990s. After signing to Warner Brothers, they released their first record with Warner, "Hit to Death in...	[ "\"Chrome Plated Suicide\"" ]
Title: Stan Brakhage Background: James Stanley Brakhage ( BRAK-@j; January 14, 1933 - March 9, 2003), better known as Stan Brakhage, was an American non-narrative filmmaker. He is considered to be one of the most important figures in 20th-century experimental film. Over the course of five decades, Brakhage created a l...	[ "Ludwig and Clara Brakhage." ]
Title: Hannah Arendt Background: Johanna "Hannah" Arendt (; German: ['a:R@nt]; 14 October 1906 - 4 December 1975) was a German-born American political theorist. Her eighteen books and numerous articles, on topics ranging from totalitarianism to epistemology, had a lasting influence on political theory. Arendt is widel...	[ "her reporting of the 1961 Adolf Eichmann trial for The New Yorker, which evolved into Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil (" ]
Title: Lady Gaga Background: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her unconventionality and provocative work as well as experimentation with new images. Gaga began her musical career performing song...	[ "at age 17, Gaga gained early admission to Collaborative Arts Project 21 (CAP21)--a music school" ]
Title: Lady Gaga Background: Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (born March 28, 1986), known professionally as Lady Gaga, is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She is known for her unconventionality and provocative work as well as experimentation with new images. Gaga began her musical career performing song...	[ "Gaga has called the Indian alternative medicine advocate Deepak Chopra a \"true inspiration\"," ]
Title: Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Background: Leonardo, nicknamed Leo, is a fictional character and one of the four main characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. He is often depicted wearing a blue eye mask. His signature weapons are two katanas. Leonardo is the most seriou...	[ "In The Secret of the Ooze, Leonardo was much more prominent and his leader position was brought to focus." ]
Title: Leonardo (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) Background: Leonardo, nicknamed Leo, is a fictional character and one of the four main characters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics and all related media. He is often depicted wearing a blue eye mask. His signature weapons are two katanas. Leonardo is the most seriou...	[ "Karai" ]
Title: Electric Ladyland Background: Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968 by Track Records/Polydor, and Reprise Records in North America. The double album was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix. By ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Electric Ladyland Background: Electric Ladyland is the third and final studio album by English-American rock band the Jimi Hendrix Experience, released in October 1968 by Track Records/Polydor, and Reprise Records in North America. The double album was the only record from the band produced by Jimi Hendrix. By ...	[ "\", and the Sixties-era Britpop of Noel Redding's \"Little Miss Strange\"." ]
Title: Testament (band) Background: Testament is an American thrash metal band from Berkeley, California. Formed in 1983 under the name Legacy, the band's current lineup comprises guitarists Eric Peterson and Alex Skolnick, lead vocalist Chuck Billy, drummer Gene Hoglan, and bassist Steve Di Giorgio. Since its incepti...	[ "Overkill was invited to the tour, but due to the pre-production of their sixteenth studio album The Electric Age, they did not participate." ]
Title: Romani people Background: The Romani (also spelled Romany , ), or Roma, are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group, living mostly in Europe and the Americas and originating from the northern Indian subcontinent, from the Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Sindh regions of modern-day India and Pakistan. A DNA study ...	[ "CANNOTANSWER", "Not enough information", "Cannot answer", "Do not know" ]
Title: Romani people Background: The Romani (also spelled Romany , ), or Roma, are a traditionally itinerant ethnic group, living mostly in Europe and the Americas and originating from the northern Indian subcontinent, from the Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab and Sindh regions of modern-day India and Pakistan. A DNA study ...	[ "The Romani people identify as distinct ethnicities based in part on territorial, cultural and dialectal differences, and self-designation." ]
Title: Shinedown Background: Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida formed by singer Brent Smith in 2001 after the dissolution of his previous band. Smith, still under contract with record label Atlantic Records, recruited the band's original lineup of Jasin Todd as guitarist, Brad Stewart on ba...	[ "Five singles were released from the album: \"Bully\", \"Unity\", \"Enemies\", \"I'll Follow You\", and \"Adrenaline\"." ]
Title: Shinedown Background: Shinedown is an American rock band from Jacksonville, Florida formed by singer Brent Smith in 2001 after the dissolution of his previous band. Smith, still under contract with record label Atlantic Records, recruited the band's original lineup of Jasin Todd as guitarist, Brad Stewart on ba...	[ "Leave a Whisper's number 53 peak, but the album ultimately sold less than its predecessor." ]
Title: The Sound of Music Background: The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers. Set in Austria on the eve of the Anschluss in 1938, th...	[ "Jerome Whyte" ]
Title: Snow Patrol Background: Snow Patrol are a Northern Irish rock band formed in 1993, consisting of Gary Lightbody (vocals, guitar), Nathan Connolly (guitar, backing vocals), Paul Wilson (bass guitar, backing vocals), Jonny Quinn (drums), and Johnny McDaid (piano, guitar, backing vocals). Initially an indie rock b...	[ "The record peaked at No. 3 in the UK Albums Chart." ]
Title: Osceola Background: Osceola was named Billy Powell at birth in 1804 in the Creek village of Talisi. now known as Tallassee, Alabama, in current Elmore County. "The people in the town of Tallassee...were mixed-blood Native American/English/Irish/Scottish, and some were black. Billy was all of these." Section: R...	[ "Captain Pitcairn Morrison sent the death mask and some other objects collected by Weedon to an army officer in Washington." ]
Title: Osceola Background: Osceola was named Billy Powell at birth in 1804 in the Creek village of Talisi. now known as Tallassee, Alabama, in current Elmore County. "The people in the town of Tallassee...were mixed-blood Native American/English/Irish/Scottish, and some were black. Billy was all of these." Section: 1...	[ "Osceola stabbed the treaty with his knife, although there are no contemporary reports of this." ]
Title: Gaelic Ireland Background: Gaelic Ireland (Irish: Eire Ghaidhealach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the prehistoric era until the early 17th century. Before the Norman invasion of 1169, Gaelic Ireland comprised the whole island. Thereafter, it com...	[ "When the Anglo-Normans and the English colonized Ireland, hair length came to signify" ]
Title: Gaelic Ireland Background: Gaelic Ireland (Irish: Eire Ghaidhealach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the prehistoric era until the early 17th century. Before the Norman invasion of 1169, Gaelic Ireland comprised the whole island. Thereafter, it com...	[ "War chariots furnished with scythes and spikes, like those of the ancient Gauls and Britons, are mentioned in literature." ]
Title: Chapter 27 Background: Chapter 27 is a 2007 biographical drama film depicting the murder of John Lennon by Mark David Chapman. It was written and directed by Jarrett Schaefer, based on the book Let Me Take You Down by Jack Jones, produced by Robert Salerno, and stars Jared Leto as Chapman. The film takes place ...	[ "For his role, Leto gained 67 pounds (30 kg) by drinking microwaved pints of ice cream mixed with soy sauce and olive oil every night." ]
Title: Joe Gibbs Background: Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is a former American football coach, current NASCAR Championship team owner, and former NHRA team owner. He was the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins (1981-1992, 2004-2007). Well known for his long hours and work e...	[ "Gibbs is credited with inventing the single back, double or triple tight end set." ]
Title: Ethel Merman Background: Merman was born in her maternal grandmother's house located at 359 4th Avenue in Astoria, Queens in New York City in 1908, though she would later emphatically insist that it was actually 1912. Her father, Edward Zimmermann (1879-1977), was an accountant with James H. Dunham & Company, a...	[ "On the evening of Merman's death, all 36 theatres on Broadway dimmed their lights at 9 pm in her honor." ]
Title: Ethel Merman Background: Merman was born in her maternal grandmother's house located at 359 4th Avenue in Astoria, Queens in New York City in 1908, though she would later emphatically insist that it was actually 1912. Her father, Edward Zimmermann (1879-1977), was an accountant with James H. Dunham & Company, a...	[ "Merman filed a cross-complaint shortly thereafter charging Borgnine with extreme cruelty." ]
Title: Johan Galtung Background: Johan Vincent Galtung (born 24 October 1930) is a Norwegian sociologist, mathematician, and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and served as its first director until 1970. He...	[ "During the course of his career," ]
Title: Johan Galtung Background: Johan Vincent Galtung (born 24 October 1930) is a Norwegian sociologist, mathematician, and the principal founder of the discipline of peace and conflict studies. He was the main founder of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in 1959 and served as its first director until 1970. He...	[ "it helped them resolve the conflict between their love for their country and their displeasure with its foreign policy." ]

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