Here are you Extremely Boring Yet Curiously Interesting Facts for Wednesday, June 29. Can you hear the one hit wonder in this musical group of facts?

The soundtrack to Oklahoma! was the first album to sell 1 million copies on August 18, 1958.

The top selling song of all time is Elton John's tribute to the late Princess Diana. Candle in the Wind 1997 has sold over 35 million copies worldwide.

ABBA GOLD has been in the UK charts for over 280 weeks which is over 5 years.

Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State Anthem.

Sting was a high school teacher.

When Bob Marley died they found 19 different species of lice in his dreadlocks.

At the last minute Pete Townsend wrote "Pinball Wizard" for "Tommy" when he found out influential UK rock critic Nik Cohn, a pinball fanatic, was coming to review the project.

Aerosmith's "Dude looks like a lady" was written about Vince Neil of Motley Crue.

George Harrison, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have all appeared as themselves on the Simpson's.

Neil Young was once roommates with Rick James.

The banjo is America's only true native musical instrument. It was first developed in the South in the 1790's.


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And the false fact is: Rick James and Neil Young were not roommates as far as I know but they were band mates in a band called the Mynah Bird.