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

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oBYyK [TIL] US constitution contains many spelling mistakes.
x6EDg TIL of the Combat of the Thirty, during the Breton War of Succession, in which warring knights of France and England agreed to an arranged fight with 30 knights each. Highlights include a negotiated rest break, and a French squire single-handedly beating seven English champions to turn the tide.
W7OWo TIL the United States Geological Survey (USGS) uses the term "Gage" instead of "Gauge" because one employee in 1892 reasoned that the term "Gage" was the "proper Saxon spelling," instead of the Norman "Gauge"
wx67 TIL that Japan, which contains slightly above 2% of the world’s population, consumes 6% of the world’s fish harvest, including 81% of the tuna.
KYD8G TIL it took 15 years and 5,127 prototypes before James Dyson shipped his first vacuum cleaner.