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

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RrZj TIL that gold gets its color from special relativity. Relativistic contraction shrinks the gap between the s and d orbitals, allowing gold to absorb blue instead of ultraviolet. If not for relativity, gold would appear more silver in color.
yRYV TIL that Ken Osmond, Eddie Haskell from Leave It to Beaver, became a police officer for the LAPD and was shot three times while on a foot chase with a car thief. He was placed on disability and later retired after 18 years on the force.
8ABP TIL that Apple does not have a trademark on the “i” prefix.
Yb9G TIL in 2003 a herd of elephants encircled a camp of antelope hunters in Empangani, South Africa. The 11 elephants surrounded the enclosure keeping the hunters at bay, while the matriarch used her trunk to unhook the gates of the captured antelope, allowing them to run free.
VDaG TIL: “Shrek” means ‘fright’ in Yiddish