It was written about, but there’s no evidence the Katzenklavier ever actually existed, and thank goodness, because, “when a key on the piano was depressed, a mechanism drove a sharp spike in the appropriate cat’s tail.” Horrible!
The nose thing- eww! That’s crazy. I never pick my nose (long nails!) so if I’m not picking my nose, someone else is picking up the slack by picking his nose 10x/hour? Actually, https://uselessinformation.org/nose/ has more accurate statistics. It was a small test group!
It also helps that the kuna is not a well known form of currency, and probably doesn’t travel the world like a US $100 or have 19 countries using it like the Euro.
Not all Okinawan beaches have star sand (just on small nearby islands now), and star sand is actually the shells of protozoa. And most star sand is found in China now. Way to be “only sorta right”, Ripley’s.
It was written about, but there’s no evidence the Katzenklavier ever actually existed, and thank goodness, because, “when a key on the piano was depressed, a mechanism drove a sharp spike in the appropriate cat’s tail.” Horrible!