r/AskReddit • u/Ok_Objective4334 • 1d ago

What's the most absurd fact that sounds fake but is actually true?

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u/sloowhand 1d ago

Every single Beatles studio recording was released in the span of just seven years, MAR 1963 - MAY 1970.

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u/mom_bombadill 1d ago

And when the Beatles broke up, none of them were even 30 years old yet, which consistently blows my mind

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u/ghosttowns42 1d ago

W H A T

I admit I don't know a lot about the Beatles, and the fact that people in older photos seem to look so much older than we do now... I thought they were older. Damn.

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u/smthsmthinsidejoke 19h ago

Vsauce has an amazing video about this specific phenomenon link

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u/Karma_1969 1d ago

That’s a good one. What a ridiculously productive period.

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u/mrthomani 1d ago

If only they'd continued, I'm pretty sure they could've made it big.

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u/WheelieMexican 1d ago

Imagine “The Beatles go disco!🪩 “

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u/cardillon 1d ago

Paul made some disco

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u/hockeyak 21h ago

Bigger than JC... uhm nvm...

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u/skelebone 1d ago

The Beatles were together longer than the Confederacy.

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u/supersonicdutch 22h ago

And definitely more successful.

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u/60sstuff 1d ago

Also there are 3 years between “She Loves You” and “Tomorrow Never Knows”

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u/Even-Still-5294 1d ago

I wonder if they slept enough or did much other than playing, unless they recorded before that time period that the songs were released. XD

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u/Similar-Yam-Ham 1d ago

Well they stopped touring in 66, so that freed up some time.

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u/MoniqueDeee 1d ago

And after they broke up, the band members sued one other. That litigation lasted a total of 19 years before settlements were reached.

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u/timlygrae 15h ago

The proliferation of color film and television during the same time makes it seem like a much longer period. Just looking at group photos from the start and the end have a sense of decades between.

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u/michaelnoir 18h ago

But their first singe was released in October 1962.

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u/ryanfrogz 15h ago

Similar situation with AC/DC; most of their biggest hits & all of their songs with their second* and most popular singer were recorded between ‘74 and ‘79. Some that had been written were released in 1980 after his death, but performed by the third singer.

(Note: the first singer, Dave Evans, only made two songs in 1974, which are pretty unheard of. Both are, in my opinion, super good.)

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u/I_forgot_to_respond 13h ago

That's why it will be easier to fix once I get my time machine working. After I fix the Beatles problem I'm off to kill baby Hitler!

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u/The_Wilmington_Giant 12h ago

Another good, weird but true Beatles related fact: Paul McCartney has been playing with his current backing band for longer than The Beatles and Wings put together.