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Morning Start: Do you know that IKEA actually stands for something?

Your morning start for Friday, Feb. 28, 2020.
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Most know the furniture and home accessories company by the confusion sometimes surrounding the assembly of their products, but did you know IKEA actually stands for something?

Fun Fact of the day: IKEA stands for the company鈥檚 founder

IKEA鈥檚 founder, Ingvar Kamprad, grew up in a Swedish farm called Elmtaryd near the village of Agunnaryd. Kamprad founded the company in 1943 at just 17-years-old.

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