Post * kQ1g — Curious Curator

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TIL The piano used for recording “Bohemian Rhapsody ” was the same one used when recording “Hey Jude”

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JYKpj TIL that out of the over 11,000 field goals over 19 seasons that Shaq made, only one was a 3-pointer.

4XWkg TIL there exists a film of Marilyn Monroe performing oral sex on an unidentified man. It was sold at auction for $1.5M to a NY businessman who has kept it private.

ADE6d TIL There was a military variant of the VW Beetle called the "Kübelwagen". Despite only being two wheel drive, it outperformed nearly every other vehicle during testing. Due to its flat belly, it would propel itself like a sled if the wheels sank into snow, mud, or sand.

VMrOD TIL that silicon transistors in modern computer chips are only 14nm wide, which is 400x smaller than a red blood cell. We are reaching the theoretical minimum size of silicon transistors, at which point quantum mechanics prevents them from working properly.

wLx48 TIL that modern F1 race cars have large wooden board attached under them to make sure the cars do not skid on the race track more than allowed. The board is measured before and after the race, and driver can get disqualified if the board gets too thin.