Post * d8ra8 — Curious Curator

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TIL that hitting a fruit tree can make it feel threatened, spurring it to produce more or larger fruit to distribute seeds before dying.

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XE6Mr TIL Nikola Tesla predicted smart phones with incredible accuracy almost 100 years ago

a8NwL TIL in 2011, John Riccitiello, who was the CEO of EA at the time and is now the CEO of Unity, proposed a model for online multiplayer shooters like Battlefield. In this model, players who ran out of ammo could make an instant real money payment for a quick reload.

Aw14 TIL After a Hong Kong gangster kidnapped the son of Asia’s richest man and extracted a US$130 million ransom, he phoned up the tycoon to ask advice on how to invest the money

6EVe7 TIL that the length of a music single was determined by the weight-driven pulley system on a 1920's recording machine called the Scully Lathe. The pulley allowed approximately three and a half minutes to record before a 100lb weight hit the floor, thus determining the length of a single to this day.

M9B TIL that water droplets can orbit around charged knitting needles.