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TIL that in Sweden It's illegal to leave a dog alone for more than six hours, so owners who work longer hours may need to use doggy day care.

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e0gBb TIL while exploring behind my house I found an abandoned set of railway tracks which were last used in the 18th century.
v16EK TIL There is a community called the "Dozenalists" that believe a base-12 counting system, instead of our current base-10 (decimal) system, is a more efficient way of conceptualizing and understanding mathematics.
0dZj5 TIL Canada has the only walled city in North America. One of the most fascinating facts about Canada is that Quebec City is the only city north of Mexico that still has fortified walls. First the French, later the English, built up Quebec City’s fortifications between the 17th & the 19th century.
5Vxon TIL that in Greenland, an autonomous territory of Denmark, 20% of the population has attempted suicide compared to only 3.5% of Denmark as a whole
RKn1 TIL during the Cold War the CIA spent $3.8B to construct a ship with a 16,000ft underwater claw arm in order to retrieve a sunken Soviet nuclear submarine.