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TIL Ikea is run as a non-profit to take advantage of significant tax breaks.

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4XbZo TIL 2015's Hurricane Patricia was the most intense hurricane on record in terms of wind speed (over 300km/h)
5VXvQ TIL that, despite there having been nearly 20,000 Major League Baseball players over 150 years, the number 89 was not worn until 2020
ZKMa TIL there’s a man who uses his hands and feet to climb rocks, buildings, and 100-foot walls like a monkey – and it started with a suicide attempt.
EP0P TIL that when Fiat discovered a Google’s street view car was mapping Sodertalje, Sweden, they sent a Fiat to tail it for 30 miles, and have it captured on street view in front of Volkswagen’s headquarters.
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