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TIL in 2012, a missing foreign tourist on a vacation in Iceland was found when it was discovered that she was in the search party looking for herself.

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x9b5 TIL: In the original Sleeping Beauty the prince rapes her while she is asleep, and she becomes pregnant with twins.
690vZ TIL Puerto Rico has a massive problem with overflowing landfills
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