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Did you know...
 * 1) ...that Transfusion was the first EP by Powderfinger to receive significant commercial airplay, and was their first work to top the ARIA alternative music chart?
 * 2) ...that "Pick You Up" was the first Powderfinger song to be nominated for an ARIA Music Award; the 1996 award for "Song of the Year"?
 * 3) ...that the music video for "Passenger" featured the members of Powderfinger being eaten by a whale-like creature, whilst packed in suitcases?
 * 4) ...that Powderfinger's "Living Type" was about Charles Manson's cult victims, not about love or menstruation as had been speculated by some lyrical analysts?
 * 5) ...that Australian rock band Small Mercies first encountered their producer, Matt Wallace, when he left a message on their MySpace?
 * 6) ...that despite not being released as a single, Powderfinger's "These Days" topped the Triple J Hottest 100 in 1999?
 * 7) ...that Wotif.com only allows consumers to organise hotel reservations 28 days in advance?
 * 8) ...that Graham Perrett, the Australian House of Representatives member for Moreton, was accused of calling his rival, Gary Hardgrave, "racist" during the 2007 election campaign?
 * 9) ...that Powderfinger's "D.A.F." was named after its chord progression, rather than its hook as most songs are?
 * 10) ...that the current Australian prime minister and treasurer both attended Nambour State High School?
 * Referred to Kevin Rudd and Wayne Swan respectively.
 * 1) ...that in two decades Australian record producer, audio engineer and mixer Tim Whitten has worked with artists including Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Hoodoo Gurus, and Augie March?
 * 2) ...that Faker's debut studio album Addicted Romantic includes a track written by lead singer Nathan Hudson eight years earlier?
 * 3) ...that Rage Software were forced to use fictitious footballer names on the PC game Microsoft International Soccer 2000 because they did not acquire a license from FIFA?