In 2003, the London Underground piloted playing classical music in tube stations to deter anti-social behavior which resulted in train robberies falling by 33%, verbal assaults on staff dropping 25%, and vandalism decreasing by 37% over an18 month period. – WTF Fun Facts
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WTF Fun Fact – Motley Brue
In 1997, Mötley Crüe created a soda called “Mötley Brüe” to help promote their new album “Generation Swine.” They intentionally added so much blue dye to the soda it would turn the drinker’s urine into a green color. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_Swine
WTF Fun Fact – Hasbro And Death Row Records
At the end of 2019, Hasbro (the toy company behind the likes of My Little Pony, NERF, Transformers, and Furby) acquired eOne, which includes music label Death Row Records with albums by artists including Tupac, Dr. Dre, and Snoop Dogg. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Hasbro Now Owns Death Row Records Because Why Not, It’s 2020 (vice.com)
WTF Fun Fact – The Polka Tulk Blues Band
Heavy metal band Black Sabbath’s original name was The Polka Tulk Blues Band – named after the brand name of a talcum powder Ozzy Osbourne’s mother used. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Bagpipes As Instrument Of War
From 1746 until the precedent was overturned in 1996, English law considered bagpipes not as a musical instrument but a weapon of war instead. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: David declares his bagpipes a weapon of war | HeraldScotland
WTF Fun Fact – Decibel Or 1/10th Of A Bel
A Decibel is not its own unit, but actually 1/10th of the seldom used “Bel”, a unit named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell for his contribution to acoustics. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Freddie Mercury Wild Party
Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury once threw a party where he had dwarves walk around with plates full of cocaine strapped to the tops of their heads, as an offering to his guests. – WTF Fun Facts
WTF Fun Fact – Why Humans Enjoy Music
The leading theory behind why humans enjoy music is that we learn patterns and regularities within music, and we unconsciously predict what will come next. When we are right, our brain gives us a dopamine rush. Thus the constant dance between expectation and outcome is pleasurable to us. – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Will we ever… understand why music makes us feel good? – BBC Future
WTF Fun Fact – Backstage Thanks To Wikipedia
In 2015, a fan of the Australian band Peking Duk got backstage at their concert by adding himself as a family member on their Wiki page and showing it to security. The duo wasn’t even upset, saying “We ended up having a bunch of beers with him and he was an absolute legend.” – WTF Fun Facts
Source: Fan Edits Wikipedia Page to Go Backstage at Peking Duk Concert | Time