It's not that I don't learn new things every day-- as an educator, especially, I delight in those daily discoveries. Whether it's the unfolding of a news story or seeing a side of a student I never imagined, I know that liife is full of new information and insights.
It is rare, though, that my mind is blown by what I learn; usually it's more of an aha or even an oh right moment. That's why my jaw dropped in stunned silence today when I heard that ABBA's hit Dancin Queen was actually written for the current queen of Sweden on the occasion of her marriage to the king. What?!
I know the band, and I know the song (who doesn't?), but even after hearing it hundreds of times in the last 38 years, I had no idea about its back story.
That surprised me.
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