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TIL that in 2012, a woman on vacation in Iceland joined a police search party to help find someone who was reported missing, The search went on for hours before she found out that the person they were looking for was herself.

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4XZ6R TIL The Lekki Conservation Center In Lekki, Nigeria, is an oasis of nature within the urban chaos of Lagos, and the suspended canopy walkway that rises over the reserve is the longest in all of Africa
R5x8l TIL John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, not only planted appleseed everywhere he went. He built entire nurseries, including protective fences to deter wildlife. The nurseries were left in the hands of neighbors, who were allowed to profit from the trees, and he would return to tend the trees yearly.
Y7p4W TIL the no photography rule at the Sistine Chapel is a result of the company who paid for the restoration wanting exclusive rights to the media, and not to protect the artwork itself specifically.
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woZ01 TIL that Canada and the United States both used to use white lines to divide the two directions of traffic.