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TIL 75% of IKEA’s catalog is computer generated imagery

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xDZk TIL that a 30 ft tall log - the “Old Man of the Lake” - has been bobbing vertically on its end in Oregon’s Crater Lake since at least 1896.
1axpP TIL about "coffin birth", which is the birth of a fetus after the death of the mother. A well known example of this is the murder of Lacy Peterson, who was pregnant at the time of her murder. However, when found, mother and child were separate, the fetus having been "born" after Lacy's death.
rnQ0 TIL in Jamaica there’s a union for musicians. This is my father’s card from the 1970’s.
7XxX TIL that in 1888, a French newspaper mistakenly published Alfred Nobel’s obituary. It condemned Nobel for his invention of dynamite and labeled him the “merchant of death.” Disconcerted, Nobel set aside his fortune for the creation of the Nobel Prizes, so that he would leave behind a better legacy.
BrVdk TIL of Rick Rescorla, a security consultant for Morgan Stanley who anticipated the 9/11 attacks and implemented practice emergency evacuations every 3 months. During the attacks he managed to evacuate most of the 2,687 employees and died trying to help even more people out of the buildings.