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TIL: IKEA uses a technique called ‘bulla bulla’ - a bunch of items are purposely jumbled in bins to create the impression of volume and, therefore, inexpensiveness

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Y7Lg7 TIL that there is a Penis Museum in Reykjavik, Iceland containing over 200 different types of penisses from different types of creatures.
VRwZ TIL 15% of searches on Google each day have never been searched before.
QNyOL TIL that the Ghanaian Kingsley Ofosu is the only survivor of a massacre perpetrated by the crew of a cargo ship he and 8 other people stowed away on. He managed to hide for 3 days then flee to safety when the ship reached France, while the other stowaways were all murdered by the crew.
W7X9B TIL: The Pig War of 1859 was a confrontation between the United States and Great Britain that started when an American settler killed a pig. The conflict grew to involve warships and hundred of troops on both sides.
GdLj TIL: Bing Crosby was the best-selling recording artist of the 20th century, having sold over one billion records, tapes, compact discs and digital downloads around the world.