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TIL: That Ikea is a Nonprofit Organization

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P1gPZ TIL that not only did Barbie creator Ruth Handler name Barbie after her daughter Barbara, but she then named Ken after her son Kenneth.
0jYN TIL that during the a battle in 1797, British Admiral Horatio Nelson was badly wounded in the right arm. When he came to the surgeon he said, “the sooner it is off the better,” within a half hour of the amputation he returned to command of his forces.
RYma TIL : When Queen Elizabeth visited the set of “Game of Thrones” she refused to sit on the Iron Throne because there is a law disallowing her from sitting on a foreign throne.
OoQ94 TIL: Switzerland has the 2nd highest ratio of gun owners in the world (1/4), but only .5 gun homicides per 100,000 compared to the U.S's 5 per 100,000.
6Egwm TIL a poisonous tree and its antidote often grow so close together that their roots intertwine. The Chemchem tree excretes a poisonous black sap that raises a blistering rash on the skin while its counterpart, the Chaka tree, offers chemical compounds that can counteract the rash.