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TIL Ikea is technically a non-profit organization dedicated to researching interior design and this structure allows it to keep its corporate taxes under 4%

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b9X7j TIL that Simón Bolívar, the great liberator of South America, was nicknamed 'iron butt' (culo de hierro) for his "endurance on horseback." Old 'iron butt' would go on to free Venezuela, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Panamá from Spanish control in the 1800s.
v1DYj TIL that Romanian orphanages have become the study subjects of choice for understanding the consequences of massive sensory, intellectual, and emotional deprivation in infants and children.
8BLP TIL that there was almost an animated show about a teenage Bruce Wayne going to high school with (virtually) all of the teenage Batman villains called “Gotham High”.
4JJ6 TIL a college student aligned his teeth successfully by 3D printing his own clear braces for less than $60; he’d built his own 3D home printer but fixed his teeth over months with 12 trays he made on his college’s more precise 3D printer.
VBKvk TIL that happy cake day refers to a person's account anniversary, not their birthday