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TIL that 70% isopropyl alcohol is more effective than higher concentrations

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preb TIL that not only has there never been a better rocket than the Saturn V (built in 1967), but that today’s engineers can’t even recreate it.
V8jm TIL that some sections of “Bohemian Rhapsody” have up to 180 separate tracks, which required the vocal parts to be sung 10-12 hours per day. Record studios of the era only offered 24-track recording, requiring constant overdubs. The same tapes were reused so much, they could be seen through.
dGEj TIL that in 1971 a barber by the name of Merle Robbins from Reading, Ohio invented a card game called Uno. The barber invented Uno to help resolve an argument between his sons about the rules to Crazy Eight.
WOE8 TIL Max Planck’s wife and all four of their children died tragically. Their second son died in WWI, their daughter died during child birth, her twin sister married the widower and herself also died during child birth and the remaining son was executed for a failed assassination attempt on Hitler.
x6rQB TIL Hudson Soft, despite making the TurboGrafx16 to compete with the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis, made games for the Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis during the time their console was out.