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In the 1950s, Eating raw fish was called poverty, not Sushi.

 

- And, .... Seaweed was not a recognised food

 

In 2016, Mozart sold more CDs than Beyonce.

 

First job for: Roger Daltrey, was as a Sheet metal-worker

 

At the age of 67, Neil Diamond became the oldest artist to have a US number one record with his 2008 album ‘Home Before Dark.’
The record was previously held by Bob Dylan in 2006 with ‘Modern Times’ released when he was 65.

 

Rod Stewart is rock’s biggest model train fan.
The singer boasts of his massive 23 x 124 feet ’Three Rivers City’ train layout, which was featured on the cover of Model Railroader Magazine in 2007.

 

Macarena’ by Spanish duo Los Del Rio is the most successful Latin recording, selling more than 10 million around the world.
It topped the US chart for 14 weeks in 1996 and spent 60 weeks on the top 100. Los Del Rio is Spanish for "people of the river".

 

The best-selling single ever by a female group is The Spice Girls ‘Wannabe’ released in 1996, it spent seven weeks at No.1 in the UK, selling 1.2 million copies, and hit No.1 in 31 countries around the world

 

In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world's nuclear weapons combined.

 

On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year.

 

Thirty-five percent of the people who use personal ads or online apps for dating are already married.
And, men are three times more likely to use them as women

 

The debut album to sell the most copies in one week in the UK is The Arctic Monkeys 2006 album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, which sold 363,735 copies.

 

Bitcoin can make change for fractions of a cent, increasing the number exponentially.

 

In 2004, while American singer Teena Marie was sleeping in a hotel room, a large picture frame fell and struck her on the head.
The blow caused a serious concussion that would result in momentary seizures for the rest of her life.
Marie later died on December 26th 2010.

 

There are around 16 million people alive today that are direct descendants of Genghis Khan

 

Toy Story helped raise the sales of the ‘Etch-a-Sketch’

 

Only one person in two billion will live to be 116 or older

 

According to the Led Zeppelin biography Hammer of the Gods, while touring the UK in the 1960’s, Sonny Boy Williamson set his hotel room on fire by trying to cook a rabbit in a coffee percolator.

 

It's possible to lead a cow upstairs…but not downstairs

 

In 1973, Keith Richards was found guilty of trafficking Cannabis by a Nice court and was given a one-year suspended sentence and a 5,000 franc fine.
He was also banned from entering France for two years.