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Here are 5 interesting Metal facts that you may or may not know. Metal knowledge is pretty cool, especially when you try to “stump” your fellow Metal friends with this stuff. 

• Lita Ford – her birth name is Carmelita Rosanna Ford.
• Yngwie Malmsteen was born on June 30, 1963, in Stockholm, Sweden.
• The legendary first Black Sabbath album (self titled) Black Sabbath, was released on Friday the 13th, February of 1970.
• Alice Cooper – his birth name is Vincent Damon Furnier.
• Over Kill – these leaders of  Thrash Metal do have, indeed, a name for their skeletal bat mascot. The name is Chaly.

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