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Don't worry, earworms aren't the newest creepy bug out there -- though they are incredibly annoying. You know when you get a little piece of a song stuck in your head that you just can't shake?
Psychologically, earworms are a cognitive “itch” that the brain automatically itches back, resulting in a vicious loop. As odd as the phenomenon is, the good news is, earworms are totally normal.
Earworms also tend to be played on the radio more than other songs and are usually featured at the top of the charts. [43] The chorus of a song is one of the most reported causes of earworms. [21] The most frequently named earworms during this study were the following: "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue
Getting a song 'stuck in our head' is scientifically known as 'involuntary musical imagery'.
Jackson Galaxy was born Richard Kirschner, [2] on April 28, 1966, [1] to a Jewish refugee father and 19-year-old mother in Manhattan, [4] New York City, New York, and was raised on Manhattan's Upper West Side. [2] [5] At age ten, he began playing the guitar, aspiring to be a professional rock musician. [2]
A caul is a piece of membrane that can cover a newborn's head and face. [1] Birth with a caul is rare, occurring in less than 1 in 80,000 births. [2] The caul is harmless and is immediately removed by the attending parent, physician, or midwife upon birth of the child.
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In Scottish folklore, the children might be replacements for fairy children in the tithe to Hell; [9] this is best known from the ballad of Tam Lin. [10] According to common Scottish myths, a child born with a caul (part of the amniotic membrane) across their face is a changeling and will soon die (is "of fey birth").