[Music fact 1] Beethoven wanted to dedicate his third symphony to Napolean. But when Napolean crowned himself the Emperor of France, Beethoven was outraged and changed the name of the symphony to Sinfonia Eroica (Heroic Symphony).
[Music fact 2] While the ostrich lays the largest eggs on land, the whale shark lays the largest eggs in the world. An egg from a whale shark measuring 14 inches in diameter was found in the Gulf of Mexico in 1953.
[Music fact 3] The Lion’s mane jellyfish is one of the largest of the true jellyfish and can have tentacles up to 120 feet (36.6 m) in length. Its bell can measure up to 7 feet, 6 inches (2.3 m) across. It lives in oceans around the world and feeds on small fish, shrimp, and other small jellyfish. Its sting is painful, but not deadly for humans.
[Music fact 4] There is a superstition called Curse of the Ninth (similar to Club 27) that every composer's ninth symphony will be their last, citing examples such as Roger Sessions and Peter Mennin.
[Music fact 5] During the rap battle montages in 8 Mile, Eminem would mime to save his voice. However after one rapper got a particularly good audience reaction, he turned his mic on and improvised a verse in response rather than let himself be beaten.
[Music fact 6] 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.
[Music fact 7] Pearl Jam’s song “Jeremy” is based on the real-life classroom suicide of Jeremy Wade Delle of Texas, who was released from a mental hospital and sent back to school. Reportedly, once his insurance money ran out he was deemed “cured.”
[Music fact 8] Michael Jackson worked on the music for Sonic the Hedgehog 3, but quit either because of his child molestation scandal that was going on, or that he was disappointed with the sound of the Sega Genesis. Some samples of his songs still remain in the game, though.
[Music fact 9] Pete Best released an album in 1965 called "Best of the Beatles" that contained no Beatles music but fooled so many people into buying it that it was investigated for consumer fraud. The case was dropped because no fraud had been committed, he was Best of the Beatles.
[Music fact 10] Crabs have eyes that are set on eyestalks. Eyestalks can move in different directions and allow a crab to see all around. The stalk helps a crab see while hiding under water, rock, coral, sand, or mud.
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