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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?