l7VXK When developing the 1000-horsepower, 400km/h Veyron, Bugatti asked to use the Sauber Formula One team's wind tunnel for high-speed testing. However, the Sauber F1 engineers had no experience with aerodynamics at those speeds, and had to leave the Bugatti engineers to figure it out on their own.
8e5pG TIL the guy who sang "Eye of the Tiger" was the same guy who sang the punchlines on the famous "Real Men of Genius" Bud Light commercials
P1rLg TIL that, The Titanic was never described as "unsinkable" without qualification until after she sank. Three trade publications (one of which was probably never published) described Titanic as "practically" unsinkable prior to her sinking.
ep9V6 TIL that although, in 2009, Jessica Watson sailed around the planet in solo on her Pink Lady yacht, she didn't manage to do a complete circumnavigation because she was short by nearly 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) of the full distance of 21,600 nautical miles (40,000 km)
VBZo0 TIL that the band New Radicals only released one studio album and disbanded in 1999 as they were tired of touring and promotional duties. They reunited briefly in 2024 to record 2 songs, one of which was a cover of "Murder on the Dancefloor", a song that was co-written by their lead vocalist.
X0Kok TIL a high ranking and knighted British politician was a member of a pro-paedophila activist group. Despite this and other scandals, his knighthood was never revoked.
OGNaa TIL that "Blackboard Bold" (the style of writing used to represent number sets in maths, e.g. ℕ, ℚ, ℝ, or ℤ) only first emerged in the 1950s due to people "double striking" letters on a typewriter to make them bold. It subsequently got into maths in the 70s and onward.
69KVQ TIL The father of actor Woody Harrieson, known for roles such as Zombieland, No Country For Old Men, and the Hunger Games film series ect., was a notorious hitman. Harrieson was raised from an early age by his mom, and only found out about his fathers crimes when he was listening to the radio.
wo7kY TIL that part of the reason public executions were seen as ineffective in deterring crime was because it was common for pickpocketers to take advantage of the giant crowds of people watching the execution and steal from them.
R5Yka TIL Roger Moore quit playing James Bond because he was uncomfortable with the age-gap between himself and his female co-stars, stating they “were young enough to be my granddaughter, and it becomes disgusting.”
W7aoL TIL Approximately 84% of the cells in the human body are red blood cells.
9w1lp TIL that Sao Paulo has a bigger population than NYC and Mexico City and is #1 in the Americas