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TIL Ikea used East German political prisoners as slave labor

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b98Z4 TIL the CCP has 90.5 million members.
KOBD9 TIL of "fruit walls". Used before greenhouses, fruit walls stored the heat from the sun and released it at night which created a microclimate that could increase the surrounding temperature by more than 10°C (18°F).
ADJaw TIL Airbus 380 has around 500km (310 miles) of wire cabling
d89Z TIL In a study of almost 500 students that examined how gifted students are viewed by their peers, gifted boys were found to be the most popular, gifted girls the least.
7r68x TIL that not only dogs but mice can too be trained to sniff/detect drugs.