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• [Music fact 1] Most fish have little salt in them. Sharks, however, have meat as salty as the ocean they live in.

  Fish, Music, Science

• [Music fact 2] When Billie Holiday would perform “Strange Fruit” at gigs, the club owner would order the waiters to stop serving, and the room would be in complete darkness except for a single spotlight on her face. It would close her act and there would be no encore.

  Music, Peoplesource

• [Music fact 3] Comedian Steven Wright has only two comedy albums. The first one came out in 1985 named "I have a pony." The second one came out 22 years later and was named "I still have a pony."

  Actors, Musicsource

• [Music fact 4] The people who falsely claimed the copyright on "Happy Birthday to You" made $2 million a year for decades until a court ruled the song to be public domain in 2016.

  Finance, Musicsource

• [Music fact 5] American Rapper Pusha T wrote the famous McDonald’s jingle “I’m lovin it” in 2003 but does not own any of the publishing rights for it. He learned from his multi-million dollar mistake and now owns 40% of the publishing rights of the “We have the meats” campaign from Arby’s.

  Corporation, Music, Peoplesource

• [Music fact 6] Simon & Garfunkel's first album was so unsuccessful on the charts that the duo split. Their producer took one of the songs from the album, overdubbed/remixed it without their knowledge or permission, and "The Sounds of Silence" became a hit. The duo made four more albums.

  Music, Peoplesource

• [Music fact 7] Contrary to a popular Internet myth that tilapia is a toxic, "boneless and skinless" fish, tilapia does, indeed, have bones and skin and has no more toxins than other type of fish.

  Fish, Music, Science

• [Music fact 8] The 1992, Rage Against the Machine track "Killing In The Name" was the 2009 UK Christmas #1 song thanks to a campaign set to prevent a song from "The X Factor" from accomplishing the feat for a 5th straight year. The band would then perform a free concert in London thanking fans for the campaign.

  Music, Timesource

• [Music fact 9] The Gondor Theme was first introduced briefly in the Fellowship of the Ring. It is then featured in The Two Towers during flashback scenes (Extended Edition). The theme finally reaches its climax in the Return of the King. This is a wonderful example of music foreshadowing.

  Movies, Musicsource

• [Music fact 10] While lobsters have a long, segmented abdomen that sticks out at the back of their bodies, crabs have a similar but smaller abdomen that is curled up underneath the main shell.

  Fish, Music, Science

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