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Did You Know...

...that recording of "The Waiting" was held up by a gorilla?

...that Tom Petty told his father that he'd be a millionaire by the time he was 35?

...that a reunion of the Traveling Wilburys was being discussed?

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"Most of my songs are just about girls ... that's a good subject. I certainly don't consider myself a poet, or anything."

- Tom Petty