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TIL Danish student Maren Ueland’s friend was killed in a 2011 bombing in Morocco. 7 years later, Maren was beheaded while also visiting Morocco.

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aw5DZ TIL that the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road is Iquitos, Peru. The city has a population of over 600,000 people and is considered to be Peru's gateway into the Amazon Forest.