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TIL Kobe Bryant Was Named By His Parents After The Famous Japanese Kobe Beef

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epNW6 TIL During the Great Depression the Caterpillar Tractor Company asked William D. Disston to make a tank design based on their tractor chassis, meant to be a cheap alternative to conventional designs. This resulted in the Disston Tank, which was only ever bought and operated by Afghanistan.
DQLvV TIL that the intro to Gonna Fly Now (the Rocky theme) was taken from a 17th century piece of Italian music
m1Yyp Today I learned that upper class women in the Tudor era exposed their breast for fashion. Even Elizabeth was known to greet the French ambassador with her entire breast exposed according to one article by Louis Montrose. It is even documented she would sometimes have her belly exposed as well!
awBlZ TIL that Adam Jones, the guitarist of the rock band TOOL, also worked on makeup and set design for Hollywood blockbuster films such as Jurassic Park, Terminator 2 and Ghostbusters II, and used his background in film to create TOOL's "unique" stop-motion music videos.
697O7 TIL the preferred walking speed for many people is 1.42 m/s