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TIL: That Ikea is a Nonprofit Organization
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TIL that Forrest Fenn’s infamous treasure chest has been found.
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TIL of Norman Borlaug, “the man who saved a billion lives” by creating a new type of wheat that was highly productive and resistant to the weather - it saved Mexico, India and Pakistan from famine.
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TIL the space shuttle Challenger was not originally intended to actually go to space, but was an airframe made to be submitted to (non-destructive) structural tests. After that it was decided to make it into a flying Shuttle. It lasted only 9 missions before exploding.
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TIL on the Friday night the day after Martin Luther King's asasination Boston would be nearly alone among America’s major cities in remaining quiet and calm. Thanks in large part to James Brown refusing to cancel his concert that night at the Boston Garden.
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TIL that it's possible to rejuvenate cells. Scientists were able to restore vision in old mice with this technic.