Surprising and Accurate Fun Facts About Music and Sound

The world's quietest room, located at Microsoft's headquarters, is so silent you can hear your own heartbeat.

Listening to music releases dopamine, the same brain chemical associated with pleasurable activities like eating.

The song 'Jingle Bells' was originally written for Thanksgiving, not Christmas.

There are more people learning the piano in China than there are people living in Canada.

Loud music can make a person drink more in less time by altering their perception of time.

The longest recorded performance of a piece of music is 639 years and is being played in Halberstadt, Germany.

Sound travels 15 times faster through steel than through air.

Birds generally sing more at dawn because the air is cooler and less turbulent, allowing their songs to travel further.