Oh the things you can learn from a song!

On the 7th of July 2007, the world voted in response to UNESCO's call to select the 7 Modern Wonders. Back when I was in school, I'd have thought "Damn it! More things to study!" But I do remember them.

1. Chichen Itza, Mexico
2. The Great Wall, China
3. Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
4. Petra, Jordon
5. The Colosseum, Italy
6. Machu Picchu, Peru
7. The Taj Mahal, India

The first few seconds of this video is how I know I'll not forget them in a hurry; 

I was a preteen when I realized that I could pick up lots of things from just listening to popular music. But with luxuries such as YouTube and people who create music like the Piano Guys do, the visuals mean that you'll never forget what (in this instance) Chichen Itza is. 

There's more to this track than the location. 

This is a magical fusion of George Friedric Handel's "Sarabande" and "My Own Home" taken from Walt Disney's "The Jungle Book". Don't you just love how one thing can lead to another? The Jungle Book was based on the classic "Mowgli Stories" written by British author Rudyard Kipling. The story is based in India, where he lived at one time. This track also has Mayan influences. The Mayans were one of the world's oldest and greatest civilizations. Location? Present day Mexico. 

And that's not all. While the Piano and Cello are at the forefront of the music, check out the drums. The attire. Note the artwork on the Cello. 

Macaws are found in South America. 

The Boa, Bear and Panther are characters from the Jungle Book. Did you notice the elephant trumpeting at the start? There's your Colonel Hathi and the Jungle Patrol!!! The word "hathi" means "elephant" in Hindi, one of India's main languages. 

It's all so educational! And all so effortless. 

Interestingly, unlike listening to your social studies teacher, your music teacher, your english lit teacher and your history teacher, you'd be hard pressed to forget what you learn by just paying attention to this absolute treat of a video. 

I could go on and on about this. I could write about a hundred more songs. 

But you get the general idea :-) 

Enjoy!