Times People Knew Facts Because They Were In Songs

This interesting thread is a bunch of people telling stories of times they knew facts because they had memorized them from song lyrics or musicals. This is yet another reason why the arts are important:

Times People Knew Things Because They Were In Songs
Times People Knew Things Because They Were In Songs

Times People Knew Things Because They Were In Songs
Times People Knew Things Because They Were In Songs

(via: Nerd Girl Nation)

Do you have any stories about knowing facts from songs or books, etc.? Let us know in the comments below!

2 thoughts on “Times People Knew Facts Because They Were In Songs

  1. I shocked a prof when he asked what was the oldest organization that was still around and still operating under its original mandate and I answered “the Knights Hospitaller of St-John of Jerusalem” (St-John’s Ambulance.) In 20 years no one had ever answered correctly. When he asked me how I knew this I said that I’d read it in the historical novel The Kapillan of Malta by Nicholas Montserrat.

  2. Got a perfect 4.0 grade in Philosophy & Logic, due in large part to remembering the names of philosophers….thank you Monty Python.

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