Daft Punk named their band after a negative reviewer called their act "a bunch of daft punk."
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Jimi Hendrix played a song dedicated to MLK the night of his assassination that is described as one of the most hauntingly beautiful songs ever played. Nobody at the entire concert recorded it.
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Macklemore and his hit “Thrift Shop” was the first time since 1994 that a song reached number 1 on the Hot 100 chart without the support of a major record label.
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In 2007, Joshua Bell pretended to be a street violinist and went mostly ignored. Just two days earlier, he played in a sold out theater with each seat costing $100. The violin he used on the street was worth 3.5 million dollars.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of "Yesterday" one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to make sure that he didn't subconsciously plagiarize it from somebody else.
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Michael Jackson used a special shoe to perform his "Smooth Criminal" lean trick.
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There's a road in Lancaster, CA that has grooves carved in such a way that when you drive over them at 55 MPH, they will play a part of Rossini's "The William Tell Overture."
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