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TIL in fiscal year 2013 the IKEA Catalogue was printed in more than double the amount of copies than the Bible, despite only appearing in 43 countries.

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nWNvY TIL Madagascar had pygmy hippopotamuses that went extinct likely within the last thousand yeas. They may have survived as late as a 1976.
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kdwd TIL that male puppies will let female puppies win at play fighting so that they will continue to play with them
nWWEo TIL that some "enhydro" crystals contain sealed pockets of water from millions or billions of years ago.
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