One of his most famous pieces, Carnival of the Animals was actually a joke and he didn't let it be published during his life

One of his kids died from falling out of a window

His Symphony No. 3 Organ was used as the theme song in the movie Babe

Fun Facts

http://www.scsvt.org/Page/715

http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/saint-saens.php

http://www.photosensitive.com/disability-images.php

http://southernnationalist.com/blog/2012/10/30/nprs-yuki-noguchi-repeats-broken-window-fallacy-in-storm-coverage/

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