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

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7rGwP TIL that Sweden experimented with a Moose cavalry in the 1700s
OR17 TIL That people can detect nano-scale wrinkles as small as 13 nanometres while running their fingers upon a seemingly smooth surface. This means that, if your finger was the size of the Earth, you could feel the difference between houses from cars.
yQVRl TIL During Argentina’s 1976-83 dictatorship sedated political prisoners were thrown – still alive – from military planes into the freezing waters of the South Atlantic.
4XwWJ TIL that, on May 13, 1974, seventy three children were struck with a mysterious illness at a Florida elementary school. Suspecting a gas leak, the Dept. of Public Health sent investigators. Dr. Nitzkin, an epidemiologist, discovered it was mass hysteria: one child fainted and the others panicked.
Zw9G TIL in 1996 McDonalds attempted to introduce a hamburger called the “Arch Deluxe,” a higher-end burger marketed specifically to adults. It was released with one of the most expensive advertising campaigns to date, and was a complete failure.