{"id":17492,"date":"2023-09-18T01:03:15","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T01:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=17492"},"modified":"2025-09-17T18:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T18:53:37","slug":"facts-and-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/facts-and-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts and Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-large;\"><b>Facts from Gloria Potter<br \/>\nfollowed songs about those particular facts<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222; font-size: 18pt;\"> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Glass<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times!<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/how-much-doggie-in-the-window\/\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Doggie in the Window<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Gold<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is the only metal that doesn&#8217;t rust, even if it&#8217;s buried in the ground for thousands of years.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/all-the-gold-in-california\/\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>All the Gold in California<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Your tongue<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is the only muscle in your body attached at only one end.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/words\/\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Words<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The tooth<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is the only part of the human body that cannot heal itself.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/all-i-want-for-christmas-is-my-two-front-teeth\/\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>All I want \u2013 Two front Teeth<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>If you stop getting thirsty<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><b>,<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>you need to drink more water. When a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/drinking-champagne\/\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Drinkin Champagne<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Zero<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is the only number that cannot be represented by Roman numerals.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/what-else-is-new-with-you\/\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>What else is new with you<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Kites<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>were used in the American Civil War to deliver letters and newspapers.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Leaving on a Jet Plane<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The song Auld Lang Syne<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is sung at the stroke of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the new year.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/auld-lang-syne\/\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Auld Lang Syne<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Drinking water after eating<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>reduces the acid in your mouth by 61 percent. Drinking a glass of water before you eat may help digestion and curb appetite.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/down-by-the-riverside\/\"><span style=\"color: #c9211e; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Down by the Riverside<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Peanut oil<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is used for cooking in submarines because it doesn&#8217;t smoke unless it&#8217;s heated above 450F.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/found-a-peanut\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Found a Peanut<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The roar<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>that we hear when we place a seashell next to our ear is not the ocean, but rather the sound of blood surging through the veins in the ear.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/love-letters-in-the-sand\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Love Letters in the Sand<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Nine out of every 10<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>living things live in the ocean.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/high-hopes\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">High Hopes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The banana<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>cannot reproduce itself. It can be propagated only by the hand of man.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/banana-boat-song-day-o\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Banana Boat Song<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Airports at higher altitudes<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>require a longer airstrip due to lower air density.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/coming-into-los-angeles\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Comin into Los Angeles<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #002060; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>In ancient Greece<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><b>,<\/b><\/i><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>tossing an apple to a girl was a traditional proposal of marriage. Catching it meant she accepted.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/dont-sit-under-the-apple-tree\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">Don\u2019t Sit Under the Apple Tree<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Warner Communications<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>paid <\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>$<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>28 mil for the copyright to Happy Birthday, which was written in 1935!<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/happy-birthday\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Happy Birthdy<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Intelligent people<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>have more zinc and copper in their hair.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/help-me-make-it-through-the-night\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Help me Make it Through Night<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>A comet&#8217;s tail<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>always points away from the sun.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/comet-makes-your-teeth-turn-green\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">Comet makes your teeth turn green<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Caffeine<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>increases the power of aspirin and other painkillers, that is why it is found in some medicines.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/java-jive\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Java Jive<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The military salute<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armor raised their visors to reveal their identity.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/armed-forces-songs-key-of-c\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Military Tribute Songs<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>If you get into the bottom of a well or a tall chimney and look up,<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>you can see stars, even in the middle of the day.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/fly-me-to-the-moon\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">Fly me to the Moon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>In ancient times<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>strangers shook hands to show that they were unarmed.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/sweet-caroline\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Sweet Caroline<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The moon<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>moves about two inches away from the Earth each year.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/fly-me-to-the-moon\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">Fly me to the Moon<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The Earth<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>gets 100 tons heavier every day due to falling space dust.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/stardust\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">Stardust<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Due to earth&#8217;s gravity<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>it is impossible for mountains to be higher than 15,000 meters.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/climb-every-mountain\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>Climb Every Mountain<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Mickey Mouse<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>is known as &#8220;Topolino&#8221; in Italy<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/m-i-c-k-e-y-m-o-u-s-e\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">M I C K E Y M O U S E<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>Soldiers<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>do not march in step when going across bridges because they could set up a vibration which could be sufficient to knock the bridge down.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/saints-go-marching-in\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\">When the Saints go Marching In<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i><u><b>The letter J<\/b><\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"color: #002060;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>does not appear anywhere on the periodic table of the elements.<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/a-youre-adorable\/\"><span style=\"color: #ff4000; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif;\"><i>A You\u2019re Adorable<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facts from Gloria Potter followed songs about those particular facts Glass takes one million years to decompose, which means it never wears out and can be recycled an infinite amount of times! 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