Post * 9wrrM — Curious Curator

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TIL that in 2007 it was announced that U2 were involved in a project to build the U2 Tower, an apartment building in Dublin which also housed their recording studio. It would have been the tallest building in Ireland if completed but it was cancelled due to the 2008 economic downturn in the country.

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6EO78 TIL Sal Khan (founder of Khan Academy) was the lead singer of a death metal band

E1B4o TIL Hercules had a fraternal twin brother, Iphicles. They shared the same mother, Alcmene, but while Hercules' father was Zeus, Iphicles' father was Amphitryon, a normal man. Born one day apart, the brothers were close and Iphicles' son, Iolaus, became a favorite companion of Hercules.

YvJP TIL Red placebo pills are more effective than Blue placebo pills

1agXW TIL Leonard Nimoy suffered from Alcoholism, and at one point began drinking covertly on the set of "Star Trek".

oBWXY TIL smartwatches measures blood preassure by emitting light to the skin and reading how much light is reflected back; as the heart pumps blood, it causes a variation in blood volume on the skin and can be detected by change in light absorption, a not-so-new technology called photoplethysmogram.