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Today I learned David Klavins made a vertical grand piano standing 14 feet and 9 inches.

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k0EW TIL Art Scholl - the pilot hired to do in-flight camera work for Top Gun - died filming the scene leading to Goose’s death. His plane spun through its recovery altitude, at which time he radioed “I have a problem… I have a real problem”. The film is dedicated to his memory.
Lkkgv TIL: Matches used to be made with toxic white phosphorus. It was so toxic workers often contracted "Phossy Jaw," causing their face to rot away and their bones to literally glow in the dark.
xVMK7 TIL that mothers who wait till 25 to have their first kid, are 11% more likely to live to 90
J1mYk TIL that the Arctic tern migrates up to 71,000 km (44,000 miles) per year, traveling from the Arctic to Antarctica and back experiencing nearly 24 hours of daylight for most of its life
1aD9P TIL Initially selling for around $850 when introduced in 1908 (around $20,000 in today’s dollars), the Model T would later sell for as little as $260 (around $6,000 today) for the basic no-extras model