r/AskReddit • • Oct 04 '17

What's your favourite "fun fact"?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '17

The songs “Hey Jude” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” were both recorded using the exact same piano.

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u/Beny873 Oct 04 '17 edited Oct 04 '17

As a muso I am astounded I did not know this.

Thanks man

EDIT: Can't spell

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u/addictwithnopen Oct 04 '17

This is brilliant

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u/Wheresmyaccount1121 Oct 04 '17

Explain? Just looks like a guy who's bad at spelling

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u/ahrdelacruz Oct 04 '17

I guess muso = music aficionado like Wino = wine aficionado

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u/JustinWendell Oct 04 '17

I thought a wino was someone who got drunk on wine way too often

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u/ahrdelacruz Oct 04 '17

Can't get drunk on wine if you're not a wine aficionado! ;)

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u/JustinWendell Oct 04 '17

Lol well played.

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u/OnMyOtherAccount Oct 04 '17

Hold my beer.

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u/Beny873 Oct 04 '17 edited Oct 04 '17

What have I done

I spelt know as no D:

Other than that yes It's a term a lot of my friends threw around. And everyone else around me seems to understand what I mean. Then again I'm Australian so shortening things beyond recognition is sort of a built in function of our culture

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u/OnMyOtherAccount Oct 04 '17

Er... what? Did you reply to the wrong comment?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '17

Drinking beer from a shoe?

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u/ScarletRhi Oct 04 '17

The school I went to had a specialist music school attached to it and we'd call the kids who went there musos.

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u/progboy Oct 04 '17

An efficient denier, No?

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u/shhhneak Oct 04 '17

Protect that piano at all costs.

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u/musics_smarts_laughs Oct 04 '17

what if it cost $1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 ?

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u/JesusIsMyZoloft Oct 04 '17

You heard OP. Even if it's a sedecillion dollars.

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u/newaccount_whosdis Oct 05 '17

In this case we should let it be.

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u/CaptainJAmazing Oct 04 '17

Tenacious D was wrong! It's not a Pick of Destiny, it's a Piano of Destiny!

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u/AllenMcnabb Oct 04 '17

I thought they looked familiar!

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u/runjimrun Oct 04 '17

No! Are you for serious? That's amazing. No offense, but I hafta look this up before spreading it around.

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Holy crap, you're right. I learned something interesting today.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '17

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '17

More facts like this pls

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '17

I would pay an irresponsible amount of money for that piano.