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TIL: 75% of IKEA’s product images are not photographs

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vK6L TIL Bailey’s Irish Cream contains real cream, and the alcohol in the beverage prevents it from spoiling for at least 2 years.
J11R1 TIL of the Villa Rose, which appears to be a harmless, pink, two story family in the Swiss country side, but actually is a disguised military installation, that hid massive guns and was part of the so-called Toblerone line built to protected Switzerland from invasion.
9wvWD TIL that "galapago" means tortoise. Thus, "galapagos tortoise" translates to "tortoise tortoise". The islands were named after the tortoises and afterwards, these tortoises were named after the islands.
LpDd TIL that in 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
9lnQ TIL between 1932 and 1972 the US government tricked black citizens into believing they were receiving free healthcare so they could study the natural progression of untreated syphilis.