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... that the bagpipe (pictured) was most likely designed not in Scotland, but in the Middle East?
... that AFI is an acronym for A Fire Inside?
... that "Pop Goes the Weasel" was originally a darkly humorous vignette of the cycle of poverty among workers in the East End of London?
... that Ashlee Simpson's single "Invisible" is a cover of a song by non-commercial rock band Jaded Era, which became famous thanks to Simpson's cover?
... that K-Pop, an abbreviation of Korean Pop, generally refers to the popular music of South Korea, as North Korea has no popular music industry?
... that Godsmack took its name from the song of the same name by Alice in Chains?
... that musician Hank Williams III started his career as a drummer?
... that "Yankee Doodle" was written to ridicule Oliver Cromwell, and used again by the British to ridicule Americans during the American Revolution?