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

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Lk4bv TIL that about a quarter of women in the desert nation of Mauritania are obese because of a beauty standard that finds overweight women attractive. Slim women are viewed as sickly and in some rural areas young girls are force fed to make them look more desirable to men.
VBwoG TIL that In 1985 the Swiss Army fired off shells during an exercise and mistakenly burned a patch of forest inside Liechtenstein. The incident was said to have been resolved "over a case of white wine".
69ABw TIL that in 2019, U.S company BIOLIFE4D 3D printed a miniature human heart with many of the same functions and structures as a real, full-sized human heart.
kO6AW TIL a Thai man killed 8 people, including his brother in law, for constantly singing "Take Me Home, Country Roads" during Karaoke
W7jAo TIL that before Breaking Bad, Giancarlo Esposito faced bankruptcy after his divorce and he considered suicide by arranging his own murder to provide insurance money for his children. A realization about missing their lives stopped him. He persevered and found success as Gus Fring.