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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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e0G9k TIL about Appalachiosaurus, the Alabama cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex, named in 2005 by Thomas Carr, Thomas Williamson, and David Schwimmer.
RJP7 TIL Baby otters can’t swim at first, but their buoyancy makes it possible for the mother to wrap the pup in (sea)weeds to prevent it from drifting away when she needs to hunt
PYAeg TIL The main set of the 1980 film Popeye, starring Robin Williams, is now one of Malta’s major tourist attractions. A small but quaint coastal village, it has Popeye themed events, shows, and many props from the movie.
LQVxm TIL: The country of Kenya gets nearly one half of all it’s electricity from geothermal power plants
nWBjB TIL that the idea that people harvest Adrenochrome from humans, subject of a wide-spread conspiracy theory, originated in Hunter S. Thompson's novel "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"