Did you know that the iconic photo of The Beatles crossing Abbey Road was taken in just ten minutes?

On August 8, 1969, at 11:35 AM, photographer Iain Macmillan climbed a stepladder in the middle of the street while a police officer held back traffic.

Macmillan took only six shots of the band walking back and forth; the fifth photograph was the one chosen, as it was the only frame where all four musicians were marching in unison with their strides perfectly synchronized.

The cover immediately became the main fuel for the famous conspiracy theory claiming that Paul McCartney was dead. Fans pointed out strange details: Paul is the only one walking barefoot, he is out of step with the others, and he holds a cigarette in his right hand despite being left-handed. To conspiracy theorists, the procession represented a funeral scene where John Lennon dressed in white as the clergyman, Ringo Starr in black as the undertaker, and George Harrison in denim as the gravedigger.

Another hidden curiosity is the involuntary presence of an American tourist named Paul Cole, who ended up in rock history by pure chance. In the image, he can be seen standing on the right sidewalk next to a police van, watching the quartet with curiosity without having the slightest clue who they were at the time. Cole did not discover he was featured on The Beatles' best-selling album until a year later, when he spotted the cover in a music store.

Finally, the white Volkswagen Beetle parked on the left also achieved immortality. The vehicle's license plate (LMW 281F) was interpreted by conspiracy theorists as "Linda McCartney Weeps" and the "281F" as the age Paul would have been (28 years old) if he were still alive. The car belonged to a local resident and, after its plates were repeatedly stolen by fans of the group, it was eventually sold at an auction in 1986 for thousands of dollars.