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TIL about Nahwa, a village in the UAE that is an enclave within a territory of Oman that is itself an enclave within the UAE. Such a territory is called a "counter-enclave".

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DQXYV TIL of Bird Island, a man-made platform off the coast of Namibia that serves as an avian breeding ground for the globally-isolated Cape Cormorant; as well as a renewable source of Guano (bird shit), which is used in fertilizer for it’s high nitrogen content.
pW6O TIL in 2008, James “Angry Video Game Nerd” Rolfe, who works with Gametrailers.com, which is owned by Viacom, had his YouTube channel temporarily taken down due to his videos matching content owned by Viacom. The content ID match was to his own videos.
ANYod TIL Norway sends The UK a christmas tree every year to thank UK for saving Norway in WW2
7rA7r TIL The Queen of England can fire the entire Australian government. In 1975 her representative in Australia fired the prime minister of Australia and the rest of parliament in response to a government shutdown. There hasn’t been another shutdown since.
DQwLj TIL that in France, bars can’t have a Happy Hour without also making non-alcoholic drinks cheaper