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TIL that three quarters of the Ikea Catalog is CGI

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W7grB TIL of Virgin boy eggs, which are eggs boiled in the urine of boys under 10 (and someone's job is to canvas school urinals)
KgbQ TIL that in 1962 a Japanese man became the first person to sail across the Pacific solo. He was arrested when he arrived in San Francisco for not having a passport or money.
16EeD TIL that the Wichita language, once spoken by the Wichita people of Oklahoma, went extinct in 2016 when its last fluent speaker, Doris McLemore, passed away.
NXAG6 TIL of the Iffland-Ring, a ring awarded to the most significant actor of the German-speaking theatre according to its previous owner, who pass on the ring by will. It was also considered cursed when, in 1954, Albert Bassermann's candidates all died shortly after being nominated as the recipient.
a8MKN TIL the song "All Along the Watchtower" which is Jimi Hendrix's highest ranking single on the Billboard Hot 100 was written by Bob Dylan. Hendrix's version was released only 6 months after Dylan's version and Dylan's version was a top 20 single in 1968 as well.