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TIL IKEA products have names because the company’s dyslexic founder has an easier time remembering proper names. Also, those names follow set rules.

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vPYb8 TIL that 'Bend It Like Beckham' (2002) was the first ever Western-made film to air on television in North Korea
Nnk8 TIL that an average dog can learn 165 words, count up to 4 or 5 and even have a basic understanding of arithmetic.
wLW9Y TIL In 1982, Heinz-Josef Große, a 34 year old East German construction worker at the Inner German border attempted to escape with the help of his backhoe. He breached various obstacles including the border fence only to be cut down halfway up a hill just several feet/meters from West German soil.
9YMor TIL that there were "Human Zoo's" across Europe displaying Africans. The last one, in Belgium, was closed in 1958. To stop visitors from throwing too much candy to the captives, they put up a sign that said, 'the blacks are fed by the organizing committee.'
ZmDa TIL the last time the Chicago Cubs won the World Series, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, and New Mexico weren’t states, the Ottoman Empire was still around, and women could not yet vote.