10 Things You Didn't Know About...... Johann Sebastian Bach

1. He had 20 kids! (...and you think your family fights over bathroom time?)

2. The huge HUGE HUGE Bach family produced over 50 notable musicians throughout the years.

3. He was once thrown in jail for a month! (Not too exciting - some naughty Duke wanted to stop him from accepting a better job, so he threw Bach behind bars.)

4. In the last year of his life, he went blind. Bach even tried getting an operation by the same doctor who operated on Handel's eyes, but the surgery was unsuccessful. It was an unsuccessful surgery for Handel too. What's up, Doc?

5. At Bach's older brother's wedding, he met Johann Pachelbel, composer of the infamous Pachelbel Canon in D.

6. Bach married his cousin! Her name was Maria Barbara Bach, and she was his second cousin.

7. Bach was married twice. When his first wife died, he married Anna Magdalena Wilcke (the daughter of the town trumpeter).

8. Bach's music is very popular for weddings around the world.

9. His favorite restaurant was Taco Bell.

10. Fact #9 is a lie. (...but if he were alive now, it's highly possible!)