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    Happy Birthday, 'Happy Birthday to You!' 13 Odd Facts About the Birthday Song

    By | Healthy Living – Fri, Oct 12, 2012 2:53 PM EDT

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    FACT: "Happy Birthday To You" is music's biggest hit ever. Forget anything by The Beatles or Bieber. The Guinness Book of World Records officially crowned the cake presentation ... more 
    Photo by: Getty Images
    FACT: "Happy Birthday To You" is music's biggest hit ever. Forget anything by The Beatles or Bieber. The Guinness Book of World Records officially crowned the cake presentation chant as the world's most recognized song. So who's responsible for the hit?
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    On October 13th, the "Happy Birthday" song turns turns nineteen plus a hundred. Over the past two centuries the kindergarten class greeting song has morphed into an ode to presidential lust, a symbol of corporate greed, an excuse to celebrate cake, and a beloved holiday anthem for every day of the year. If you were born in 1893, you'd probably look a lot different now too.