When Picasso was born, the midwife thought he was stillborn.
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/10/25/10-fun-facts-about-pablo-picasso/
Music
Fact #466
Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker’s guide was a guitarist and a friend of David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, and Adams played for Pink Floyd in their Earls Court concert in 1994. Adams played the guitar in the songs “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse”.
http://thornews.com/2013/12/25/why-eric-the-red-named-greenland-greenland/
Fact #440
Dean Martin hated parties, so much so that he called the police on his wife’s party. (That took place in his own home).
http://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/15/12-Things-You-Might-Not-Know-About-Dean-Martin/
Fact #439
Dean Martin, friend of Frank Sinatra, got $34 million for not rehearsing. (Signed a contract that stipulated he need not rehearse his lines with the rest of the actors)
http://www.neatorama.com/2014/10/15/12-Things-You-Might-Not-Know-About-Dean-Martin/
Fact #402
Worldwide, there are 27 professional football clubs that take a Beatles song as their nickname – Villarreal in Spain being the most famous (the Yellow Submarines).
http://www.mensxp.com/fifa-world-cup-2014/teams/22961-30-interesting-facts-about-football.html
Fact #310
The is an Australian experimental band called → ↑ → (pronounced Tsk Tsk Tsk).
Fact #299
The band The Barenaked Ladies would record one song naked on every album they released.
http://www.thegridto.com/culture/music/rewind-barenaked-ladies-gordon/
Fact #197
There is a metal band called Hatebeak whose lead singer is an African grey parrot.
Fact #116
The song ‘Smoke Week Everyday’ is actually called ‘The Next Episode’.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Next_Episode
Fact #026
During the Baroque period, famous opera singers were castrated men. This allows them preserve their angelic pre-puberty voice.
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