Post * 9YVDr — Curious Curator

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TIL IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad started his journey to becoming the 8th richest man in the world at age 5, by selling matches to his neighbors. He bought matches in bulk, cheaply & re-sold them at a very low price while still making a good profit, the same basic model used later at IKEA.

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0vvN TIL According to the FBI: hands, fists and feet are used to commit twice as many murders in the U.S as rifles (including assault rifles)

ANMoo TIL the phrase ""if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it's a duck" originated from a mechanical duck made in the 18th century that would appear to eat, digest and expel food.

7Krb TIL actor Martin Sheen has been married to the same woman for 56 years

4kVRb TIL that the British call crosswalks "zebra crossings"

p8bMG TIL "The Hole in the wall" project put computers inside walls in poor villages/slums in India with no English teachers/guide. In a few months, the 6 to 13 year old children taught themselves English using the computer and told the researchers they needed a faster processor and better mouse.