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College Football
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Sep 5, 2025
UNC and Bowling Green are polar opposites, yet they both share a weird fight song. Why? Blame a man who the CIA drugged with LSD, wrote lots of erotic novels, and sang a song that makes no sense.
Carrot Top
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Jul 10, 2025
The rapper/actor bought a house on the south side of town in the late '90s. But he wasn't the last major musician to live there.
Music
Apr 29, 2025
Let's get hypothetical! Here's a reader question about the legendary ship, which became a legendary shipwreck.
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Mar 27, 2025
North Carolina's state senators introduced nearly 300 bills in a single day to try and beat a deadline. Here are a few of the most ridiculous ones.
Raleigh
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Feb 27, 2025
In 1987, two hugely-popular musicians came together for the first time to sing about how great this state was. Why? Because a local television station in Raleigh needed some promos.
Jan 23, 2025
In 1956, The King wasn't The King yet when he stopped off for a show in Lexington. It was a night that the town never forgot. It led to a comment that some Duke football players also never forgot.
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Aug 8, 2024
Leo Arnaud had a long career as a musician in Europe and Hollywood. A blind date led him to a simpler life.
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Aug 24, 2023
Before Will Ferrell made it famous, Blue Öyster Cult haphazardly added an instrument to one of it's biggest songs. A PR executive in North Carolina paid a lot of money to own it.
