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3 sourced facts about drums and drumming, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Answer1909
Before the pedal, a drummer needed a separate person to play the bass drum -- the pedal let one player handle it all.
Source: The Drum Ninja (2025) thedrumninja.com
Answer10,045 drummers
The record was set in Hong Kong in 2007 during a concert marking the 10th anniversary of the territory's handover to China.
Source: Guinness World Records (2007) guinnessworldrecords.com
Answerabout 9.5 feet in diameter
The giant marching-band drum is designed to play the lowest note ever produced on a bass drum.
Source: UT Austin News (2022) news.utexas.edu