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TIL a handful of companies most people know nothing about like YKK, Luxottica, Heartbrand, AB InBev run the business world and are holding back the economy

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Kgoa TIL that Andrew Carnegie funded an organization whose goal it was to simplify spelling in the English language. Teddy Roosevelt began using the reformed spelling in his official communications and tried to get the federal government to follow suit, but Congress unanimously voted to stop him.
MeKL0 TIL in 2014 a stray cat kept wandering into the lynx enclosure at the St. Petersburg Zoo in Russia in search of food. She was later adopted by the zoo after she and the lynx became friends.
4Xy76 TIL the coffee table from 'Parasite' was specifically designed so that 3 adults could hide under it
Wk6PA TIL that the most accepted heir of the defunct Imperial Throne of Russia is also a decendent of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Both thrones were lost as an effect of World War 1.
Jo5Q TIL of Salty and Roselle, two separate guide dogs who were in the World Trade Centre during 9/11. They were on the 71st and 78th floor of Tower 1 respectively. They each led their owners safely out of the burning tower amidst the chaos, and both owners and dogs survived.