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veQD TIL: 75% of IKEA’s product images are not photographs
WkQQ8 TIL looking for publicity for his television, John Logie Baird went to the Daily Express to promote it. The editor was so terrified by his invention he said, "Get rid of a lunatic who's down there. He says he's got a machine for seeing by wireless! Watch him — he may have a razor on him."
0map TIL that Up 95% of All Rebates Offered to Consumers for Purchasing Products Go Unclaimed
AJda TIL Bill O'Reilly’s book “Killing Lincoln” isn’t sold at Ford’s Theatre because it is “riddled with inaccuraccies”
NPJE TIL Corporations can profit from employee deaths using “Dead Peasant” Insurance policies. In 2009, Amegy Bank purchased a $1.5 million life insurance policy on Daniel Johnson, deprived him of health insurance, then collected the money after his demise.