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TIL IKEA is an acronym, a charity, and depicted the first gay couple in an ad (and more).

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loJ4A TIL that in China, people don’t recognise the name Elvis Presley, and only know him as ‘Maowang’ which translates to ‘The Cat King’
KObA9 TIL of Lost Bird, a Lakota child who was found under the frozen corpse of her mother after four days in a snowbank, adopted by a General, and lived a brief, terrible life. Later buried at Wounded Knee.
gMryb TIL In order to rescue Ethiopian Jews, the Mossad bought and ran a profitable scuba diving resort in Sudan between 1982 and 1984. 8,000 people were safely smuggled to Israel.
DQBeV TIL that our brains and faces aren't centred
4X88R TIL that Queen is the only band in the world where every member has written at least 3 number ones, meaning that the whole band is in the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame