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

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nW5BG TIL in 2010, a couple purchased the town of Wauconda, Washington for just $360,000
v1Me4 TIL: Caillou was voiced by a girl and she passed away in a car crash in 2003
ZpWPD TIL of the Lodz Ghetto, where at one point 15000 'useless eaters' deemed 'not fit to work', mainly children under 10, were rounded up and taken away from their families to be exterminated. Some families committed collective suicide.
m7ey TIL Red Cross raised half a billion dollars in donations for the Haiti earthquake recovery, but only built 6 houses
D1vYv TIL pygmy seahorses are tiny fish that are nearly indistinguishable from their habitats due to their size and extreme camouflage. They are so well camouflaged that Bargibant’s pygmy seahorse was only discovered after a host gorgonian was collected and observed by marine biologist George Bargibant.