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TIL that Eddie Van Halen's first day at a segregated school in the US was "absolutely frightening" since he emigrated from the Netherlands and spoke no English. Thus, he was considered a 'minority' and the White kids bullied him. His first friends in Amer

TIL that Eddie Van Halen's first day at a segregated school in the US was "absolutely frightening" since he emigrated from the Netherlands and spoke no English. Thus, he was considered a 'minority' and the White kids bullied him. His first friends in Amer

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