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TIL that IKEA has previously hired private investigators to track down personal information for individuals who gave them poor reviews

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gZ9b TIL in ancient Persia, engineers built a type of evaporative cooler that could store ice, even in the middle of summer. It is called a Yakhchal.
AEa TIL that J.K. Rowling seriously considered killing Ron Weasley mid-series
7V0x TIL: That a man in the 60’s starved himself for a year under medical supervision and survived. He lost 275 lbs!
woG7P TIL about Raton, a celebrity fighting bull who killed three people during bullfighting in 2006-2011; this made him highly paid since his fans followed him to different cities to see him fight.
yVLDV TIL that Halo 3 players worldwide teamed up in a "Great War" to defend humanity against aliens, with round-the-clock campaign shifts, killing billions of aliens, discussing it in 21 million online discussion posts, and creating 1.4 petabytes of data of 'service records'