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TIL IKEA made an ASMR video to promote college dorm furniture.

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KYEGR TIL that in the early Middle Ages the Scots, originating in Ireland, colonised what is now Scotland and replaced the native Britons and Picts.
m1dAR TIL During the 1902 Pennsylvania gubernatorial race Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker was depicted as a parrot so he passed the Salus-Grady libel law which banned representing politicians as animals. Cartoonist all over the nation responded by drawing politicians as vegetables and inanimate objects.
nLnW TIL in 2008 a dog tried to save his owners lives after 5 armed pirates hijacked their yacht off the coast of Venezuela. After the men climbed aboard the dog furiously attacked them, biting and snapping until he was stabbed then shot. The dog survived and the pirates left almost empty handed.
GAWpj TIL that the Ishmael books by Daniel Quinn inspired Morgan Freeman's involvement with nature documentaries.
OGVMY TIL that a day on Planet Venus is a little longer than a year. One year in Venus translates to about 224.70 Earth days, and during this time the planet experiences only two sunrises and two sunsets.