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TIL that Lego's net profit margins are 28 percent, which is more than Ferrari.

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epPX6 TIL “The Great Wave off Kanagawa” features Mount Fuji, being in the “Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” series
b6pl9 TIL about the Roughnecks of Sherwood Forest. They were American oil drillers who traveled from Oklahoma to the UK and helped contribute over one million barrels of much-needed oil to fuel the war effort against Germany during WWII. This oil was crucial to the Allies' victory over the Axis powers.
N7ZA8 TIL Louis III of France, who became king of West Francia aged 15, died at 18 years old when jumped on a horse, rode through a low door and hit his head on the lintel, fracturing his skull.
9Y997 TIL that in the 1940s-60s, Melbourne's Sun Theatre cinema had a pram room, where babies in their prams were placed and given a number. If a baby started crying, its number was flashed on the screen to alert the parents
9Y6or TIL that the word "National" in the "National Hockey League" refers to Canada, since for the first 7 years of play, all of the teams in the NHL were located in Canada.