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TIL IKEA estimates that it sells one of it's famous 'Billy bookcases' every five seconds (as of 2023)

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xR8w TIL that WWII inspired Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance, which states that if a society is tolerant without limit, their ability to be tolerant will eventually be seized or destroyed by the intolerant.
l7pL7 TIL that during the siege of Leningrad during World War II, 28 scientists chose to die of hunger while protecting the seed vault at the Vavilov Institute rather than eating the seeds
YQpW TIL US taxpayers fund the overwhelming majority of addiction research in the world.
kJg11 TIL chewing gum influences appetite and leads to a decrease in the feeling of hunger, desire to eat, and desire to eat a sweet snack
QrgE TIL there is a DC comics supervillain that gets his strength from doing cocaine.