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Pink Floyd intended its album Dark Side of the Moon to be listened to while watching The Wizard of Oz.

Though there are numerous coincidences between Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon album and The Wizard of Oz, it was not done intentionally. If you start Dark Side of the Moon with the MGM lion’s third roar at the beginning of The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy starts to run during the Pink Floyd line “No one told you when to run,” in the song “Time.” And Side 1 of the LP version (which is noted on the CD) ends at the same time as the black-and-white portion of the movie.

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Emperor Hirohito had the shortest reign in the history of Japan.

He had the longest, lasting a total of 63 years—from 1926 until his death in 1989. Born in Tokyo in 1901, Hirohito became emperor following his father’s death. His 1971 trip to Europe was the first journey there by a reigning Japanese monarch. His son Akihito succeeded him in 1989.

Julia Roberts broke into film before her older brother Eric did.

Her big brother Eric was the first to make it onto the silver screen. He appeared on the daytime soap opera Another World before making the 1978 movie King of the Gypsies, which starred Shelley Winters, Susan Sarandon, and Brooke Shields. Julia’s first role was an uncredited part in a 1987 film called Firehouse, followed by Satisfaction in 1988. She was born Julie Fiona Roberts in Georgia in 1967, but changed her name to Julia when she realized there was already a Screen Actors Guild member with the same name.

Christopher Columbus never set foot in what is now the United States.

Much has been disputed about Christopher Columbus, including his heritage and the location of his remains. However, we now know that though he did sail to the Americas, he never set foot (or any other body part) in what is now the United States. Over four voyages, he visited what is now the Bahamas, Cuba, Haiti, and parts of South America.

Sir Elton John was working at a zoo before he hit it big as a recording artist.

Elton John has always been a musician. Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight in England in 1947, Elton earned a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music when he was just 11. His rise to fame began with his very first album, Elton John, which was released in the United States in 1970.

Delaware’s state quarter features a picture of Paul Revere riding his horse.

There is a man riding a horse on Delaware’s state quarter, but his name is Caesar Rodney. In 1776, Rodney, a brigadier-general of the Delaware militia and later president of Delaware, was sick with cancer and asthma, but rode his horse 80 miles through terrible weather from Delaware to Philadelphia to get to the Continental Congress vote on declaring independence from Britain. Rodney got there in time to cast the tie-breaker. He died in his birthplace—Dover, Delaware—in 1784.

Tom Petty was born in Lithuania.

He started life in Gainesville, Florida, on October 20, 1953. Prior to forming Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, he performed in a band called Mudcrutch. After dropping out of high school to tour with Mudcrutch, Petty moved to Los Angeles, where his first hit with the Heartbreakers was “Breakdown,” followed by “Don’t Do Me Like That” and “Refugee.”

Bill Gates is the son of a mother and father who didn’t graduate high school.

Bill Gates Sr. served in World War II and joined a law firm in Seattle not long before Bill Jr. was born. Bill’s mother, Mary, was a schoolteacher for a time, and his great-grandfather on her side was a prominent banker in Seattle. Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955, and wrote his first software program when he was 13 years old. He cofounded Microsoft Corporation during the 1970s. ”