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TIL of the Swedish 'Right to Public Access', a constitutional right protecting Swedish citizens to partake in activities such as taking a walk, go kayaking, climbing a mountain, or just sittimg down on a rock to think.

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b9waE TIL: A US businessman in dispute with the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) paid his $3,000 tax bill using five wheelbarrows containing 300,000 coins.
GaME TIL there’s a waterfall where nobody knows where the water goes. Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle Falls dumps into a giant pothole with no seeable exit. Researchers have poured dye, ping-pong balls, even logs into it, then watched the lake for any sign of them. So far, none have ever been found.
nWnod TIL That Lidia Gueiler, the first female President of Bolivia was overthrown in a coup by her cousin, her other cousin was actress Raquel Welch.
xVBwD Today I learned scientists have been able to track the history of the AIDS virus. Through research they believe 'patient zero' lived Cameroon in Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)
oBvPA TIL NASA developed a form of concrete that doesn't need water, to be used as a construction material on the Moon