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• [Music fact 1] A military robotic jellyfish has been created to go on search-and-rescue and survey missions. The silicone “Robojelly” uses hydrogen and oxygen for fuel as it swims, so its only “exhaust” is heat and water. Its muscles are made from shape-memory alloy, a metal invented by NASA that “remembers” its original shape.

  Fish, Music, Science

• [Music fact 2] Beethoven's 9th Symphony is traditionally performed in Japan at the end of the year, which was introduced in World War 1 by German prisoners. In December 2009, for example, there were 55 performances of the symphony throughout Japan.

  Music, Warsource

• [Music fact 3] Mice can sing, but we can't hear them. Male mice can produce complex songs, similar to songbirds, in the ultrasonic range when they spend time with females.

  Animals, Musicsource

• [Music fact 4] In 1992, Ice Cube released a single, "True to The Game," calling out Uncle Tom rappers who abandon hardcore rap in order to cater to white audiences. Mr. Cube has since been renewed for 5 seasons of the hit family sitcom "Are We There Yet?"

  Music, Peoplesource

• [Music fact 5] A pianist named Reginald Dwight was touring with a band called Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. They laughed at him when he told them he was adopting the stage name of Elton John.

  Music, Peoplesource

• [Music fact 6] In 1957, Elvis Presley asked his audience at a Seattle concert to please rise for the national anthem. He picked up his guitar, leaned in, shook his hips and began his biggest hit "You ain't nothin' but a hound dog." The crowd went wild. A 15-year-old Jimmy Hendrix was there.

  Actors, Music, Placessource

• [Music fact 7] In his songs, Chuck Berry articulated every word, with precise diction and no noticeable accent, leading some listeners and concert promoters, used to a different kind of rhythm-and-blues singer, to initially think he was white. Teenagers didn't care about his race.

  Music, Peoplesource

• [Music fact 8] Some crabs, such as the spider crab, disguise themselves by attaching living things, such as anemones, to their bodies. These living decorations not only camouflage the crab, but the anemones’ stings also discourage predators.

  Fish, Music, Science

• [Music fact 9] In 1926, the famous pianist Fats Waller was kidnapped by Al Capone's gang to play piano for his birthday. He basically went missing for 3 days and was returned unharmed but drunk.

  Music, Peoplesource

• [Music fact 10] Most sharks cannot pump water over the gills as most fish are able to do. They must constantly swim to force water through their mouths and over their gills. A few exceptions to this are sharks that lie flat on the bottom of the ocean, such as the angel shark (which takes in water through a hole behind its eye called a spiracle) and the nurse shark (which opens and closes its mouth to move water over its gills).

  Fish, Music, Science

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