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eoD4 TIL Wig theft was a problem in 18th Century England, with thieves using children, dogs, and monkeys to snatch the expensive wigs of wealthy people on the street.
8Z6G TIL IKEA Food is one of the largest food chains in the world. In 2016. IKEA served some 650 million diners a year, across 48 countries around the world. IKEA Food had annual sales of about $1.8 billion in 2016.
1aR5X TIL that the "red eye" effect in flash photographs is caused by the flash bouncing off your retina. When you see "red eye", you are literally seeing the back of your eyeball through your dilated pupils.
Yp51P TIL When Alan Alda was seven years old he contracted polio. To combat the disease his parents administered a painful treatment regimen developed by Sister Elizabeth Kenny consisting of applying hot woolen blankets to his limbs and stretching his muscles.
JxBl TIL although “The Dark Side of the Moon” was the #1 album for only one week, it remained on the Billboard top 200 for 741 weeks straight, from 1973 to 1988.