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

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YpdVP TIL that loneliness and social isolation are as damaging as smoking 15 cigarettes a day and can lead to a a 29% increase in risk of coronary heart disease and a 32% increase in risk of a stroke.
7xar TIL the human body produces trace amounts of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) which has been called “The most powerful hallucinogen known to man and science.”
1K84 TIL That a German U Boat U-215, sunk in 1942, is presumed to still be airtight with the remains of 49 German sailors entombed within
jNNaa Good ol' meat and potatoes. Without the potatoes.
Oom6X TIL that during the Joker Pencil Trick scene in The Dark Knight was as dangerous as it looked. Charles Jarman, who played the Pencil Trick Thug, stated that he had to remove the pencil, in order to make it look realistic, before Joker (played by Heath Ledger) slammed his head on the table.