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

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1EWd TIL that at one point during russian special purpose forces training, the trainees are shot at the chest while wearing body armor to give them a taste of the real battlefield
6wPJ TIL Bruce Springsteen’s classic, Born to Run, almost became the official song of New Jersey until legislators listened to the lyrics and realized the song was about wanting to get out of New Jersey.
a8r5y TIL Cameroonian footballer Roger Milla came out of retirement and played at the 1990 FIFA World Cup after a request made by Cameroon president Paul Biya. He scored 4 goals in 1990 WC as a substitute as he started every game of the tournament on the bench.
Eg8Jo TIL neanderthals are a different species from humans, but traces of neanderthal DNA means the species may have interbred
dDWME TIL That it would require a minimum of 500 people to re-populate the earth.