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TIL that there are approximately 299 people cryogenically frozen in Scottsdale, Arizona

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byyN TIL that IKEA is a non-profit organization dedicated to “furthering the advancement of interior design.” This lets them pay a fraction of taxes they otherwise would. The owners make money by licensing the IKEA trademark to the non-profit side.
WN74 TIL - In 1996 Woody Harrelson was arrested for climbing the Golden Gate bridge to hang a banner protesting the destruction of the Redwood forest.
EgVXp TIL Japan has their own Chinese-Japanese fried chicken called karaage (kara is Japanese for Tang as in the Tang Dynasty)
wLRAo TIL about ‘Harris' List of Covent Garden Ladies’ - a book published between 1757-1795 detailing the appearance and sexual specialities of up to 190 prostitutes who worked in Covent Garden. It compliments their sexual abilities, and critiques bad habits. Harris earned the name the ‘Pimp General’
6E1dQ TIL In the 1950s, Catholic Priest Gerald Fitzgerald proposed banishing all sexually predatory priests to a remote island for life