Obscure Facts About Musicians That Really Sing

Shakira

Her name means “thankful” in Arabic, and she took up belly dancing when she was a young girl living in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her dancing style is so distinctive that in 2014, a new type of parasitic wasp was named after her. The Aleidoes shakirae is called that because it causes its host caterpillar to bend and twist its abdomen.

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The More You Know

  • All members of Nirvana were kicked out from their own release party for starting a food fight.
  • Freddie Mercury's famous overbite was the result of him having four extra teeth in his upper jaw.
  • Mudhoney bassist Guy Maddison considers his job in the band as secondary to his career as a registered nurse.
  • Morrissey was asked to guest star on the TV show Friends but he declined because he didn’t want to sing with Phoebe.
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