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TIL IKEA is planning to be 100% energy-neutral by 2020.

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gRey TIL 32 men from the single Kenyan Kalenjin tribe ran under 2:10 in the marathon in October 2011 alone; by comparison only 17 American men had done so in all of history to that point
xV0P1 TIL that despite describing objects with completely opposing purposes, the words "dike" and "ditch" both come from the same root word.
8ar8V TIL Buzz Aldrin peed in his pants (space suit) on the moon, saying it was “lonely as hell” up there.
4Log TIL that Martin Luther King, Sr. was one of several members of the Morehouse College board of trustees held hostage on the campus by a group of students that included Samuel L. Jackson. Jackson was suspended for his actions.
QN7aE TIL in the TV show House, the producers originally wanted as part of the opening sequence during the theme song, to include an image of a cane and an image of a Vicodin bottle but Fox objected so they settled on rowers on a lake instead.