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TIL That The Furniture Industry On Avg. Has A Markup Between 200% - 400%

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4Zao TIL that a ‘virtual virus’ was released into World of Warcraft that infected players and spread throughout the whole universe. The behaviour of the online players was so lifelike that the incident was studied by scientist to prepare for a real life Pandemic.
N7RxN TIL that a fifth of people in Greenland have attempted suicide, which is four times the global prevalence.
rMrw TIL that tattoos among sailors became popular in order to help Americans prove their ID to avoid impressment into the Royal Navy. They also helped to identify bodies lost at sea.
xn9o TIL on a flight, Nicolas Cage used the PA system and said that he was the pilot and was not feeling well. At the airport, police prepared to arrest Cage and his travelling partner Charlie Sheen. After Cage politely talked his way out of it, he later discovered that Sheen was carrying cocaine on him.
JYOJj TIL that Kingdom Hearts began as a literal elevator pitch, when a Square Enix developer ran into a Disney executive in the elevator of their shared building