autumn-knight
autumn-knight t1_iyeyopd wrote
Reply to comment by pm-me-racecars in TIL that one of the oldest national anthems, the Spanish National Anthem Marcha Real, has no official lyrics at all. It's just the music. And while it is played people just hum "na na na" to the music. by Front-Insurance9577
That’s one option. Another is New Zealand where it’s becoming common to sing a verse in Māori then a verse in English. Might be a bit harder with a verse in Castilian, Catalan, Galician then Basque though...
autumn-knight t1_iye3gpk wrote
Reply to TIL that one of the oldest national anthems, the Spanish National Anthem Marcha Real, has no official lyrics at all. It's just the music. And while it is played people just hum "na na na" to the music. by Front-Insurance9577
When they tried to add lyrics, opponents accused the national anthem of being, believe it or not, too nationalist! It sounds odd and funny (I mean if anything is going to be nationalist, it’s a national anthem, surely?!) but against the backdrop of Spanish history and its linguistic makeup, it makes sense it would controversial having lyrics in one language and not the others.
autumn-knight t1_j1zwd2m wrote
Reply to Earth was brought to life by ancient water-rich asteroids from the outer Solar System by marketrent
This makes me wonder: if Earth was dependent on water rich asteroids to bring the water we needed to develop life... Would other planets? And, as a follow up, would that make life on other worlds more or less likely? After all, what are the chances of X number of planets being hit by Y number of water bearing asteroids?