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TIL Norway owns an uninhabited frozen island located halfway between Africa and Antarctica.

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EgGow TIL 20,000 pigs once roamed the streets of New York eating trash
0Oxy TIL the custom of wearing a hat greatly diminished when cars with little headroom were created
BXgK TIL that as an unintended side effect of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, a human free nature preserve has been created that is now acting as a valuable habitat to many endangered species, such as the Korean Tiger and Red Crowned Crane.
Yj7W TIL in Saudi Arabia justice system the arrested are often not informed the crime they are accused of or given access to a lawyer and are subject to torture if they don’t confess. At trial, there’s a presumption of guilt and the accused is often unable to present a legal defense.
wajP TIL despite being commonly thought as being nothing but a desert, Arizona has the largest contiguous pine tree forest in the world