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TIL that those big ass fans in Ikea are actually made by a company called Big Ass Fans.

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VB69B TIL that in 1914, the wife of the French Prime Minister murdered a newspaper editor to prevent him from disclosing her relationship with him, which had begun while both were still married to their previous partners. She was acquitted because she was deemed to have acted on "uncontrollable impulses".
69BQ7 TIL Real Madrid legend Raúl started his football career at Atletico Madrid. He switched to Los Merengues when the Colchoneros club president at the time Jesus Gil believed the youth teams were not worth the expense and dissolved the entire system.
ANOmw TIL in 1997 the Tamil Tigers discovered the Sri Lankan government had ordered 32,000 mortar shells from Zimbabwe, and sent one of their vessels to the Mozambique port of Beira to steal the consignment by pretending to be Sri Lankan officials. The bombs were later used against government forces.
nekpP TIL FEMA tweeted a 1-800 phone sex talk line when they meant to tweet a 1-888 Hurricane Irma helpline. They soon tweeted the correct one, but some hurricane victims had already dialed in to hear: “Welcome to America’s hottest talk line. Guys, hot ladies are waiting to talk to you."
lvgG TIL that CIA agents in Milan botched an operation in 2003 because they gave hotels frequent flier numbers so they could earn miles during their stay in Milan