Think you know everything about the Swedish giant? Think again. 

1. An estimated one in 10 European babies are conceived on Ikea beds

2. Fake buttocks are used to test the durability of sofas and chairs

3. Robots operate switches in the Ikea testing lab

4. Temperature-controlled rooms in the lab simulate climates from around the world to see how furniture copes

5. You can stay at the Ikea hotel in Älmhult, Sweden, for £100 a night

6. Moose meatballs are on the menu in the hotel restaurant

7. Just one per cent of prototypes made by designers end up in stores

8. Nearly half of all store managers worldwide are women 

9. The company visits thousands of homes to get inspiration for products

10. Its photo studio for shooting the iconic catalogue images is one of the biggest in Europe: a whopping 8,000 square meters