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TIL Nirvana and Soundgarden shared a member and he went on to became a Green Beret

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DnMJ TIL that IKEA, which makes profits in the hundreds of millions, is set up as a charity in order to evade taxes.
GAXx5 TIL John Phillips, the guitarist for Mamas& the Papas had an over 10 year long sexual relationship with his daughter that started when she was 19.
6ED0w Today I learned that trees have a maximum height of 426ft and cannot grow taller due to the opposing force of gravity.
epxJg TIL that Leonardo da Vinci did not begin working on the Mona Lisa until he was in his 50s.
xBOD TIL that in 2004 a Texas man was put to death for killing his family in an arson attack. The jailhouse snitch has admitted he lied, and top scientists/investigators have not been able to find any reason to think the house fire was anything other than a freak accident.