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

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pYw9Z TIL of Operation Downfall, the plan to land troops on mainland Japan during WW2 if they had not surrendered. The plan involved over 600,000 troops, and 15 tactical nuclear strikes. Every Purple Heart awarded since WW2 was made in preparation for this plan.
Me5jm TIL that Ernest Hemingway worked for the KGB, tracked Nazi U-Boats from his fishing boat in Cuba, got charged with war crimes while leading a French militia against the Nazis, and had a six toed cat (marked as NSFW for other information provided in link)
b6n10 TIL that the beauty brand ELF was not just named after Santa’s helpers, but actually stands for “eyes lips face.”
6EjwZ TIL: although their bodies were badly mangled from the effects of the high altitude / hypersonic orbiter breakup, forensic evidence has revealed that the Columbia Shuttle crew very likely died in seconds from rapid loss of pressure.
DQLNP TIL Bob Dylan has spent nearly nine days of his life singing one particular song. "Like A Rolling Stone" is 6 minutes long and he's played it live 2,075 times