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TIL that 75% of the images in Ikea's product catalogue were computer generated...in 2014

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Ym8x TIL that Anna Paquin went to an audition of The Piano because she had nothing better to do. Selected among 5,000 candidates for the role in The Piano she earned the 1993 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history.
8lJG TIL That Beginner’s Luck actually has some basis behind it.
Lm6Q TIL of Jean Jaurès, a French socialist who predicted world war one and tried to organize global strikes to prevent it. He was assassinated before his plans could be realized.
6EGAJ TIL that First Lady Betty Ford was a supporter of the equal rights amendment (ERA), publicly pro-choice, and a breast cancer survivor who raised awareness about breast cancer as well as alcohol addiction as a result of her own struggle with both conditions.
awZyM TIL that, to Escape Poachers, More Elephants are Being Born Tuskless