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TIL about Orbis et Globus, a 3-metre, 7-tonne concrete sphere on the island of Grímsey in northern Iceland, designed to move until the whole of Iceland leaves the Arctic Circle by around 2047. This is due to the Earth's axial tilt and it will not return for another 20,000 years or so.

ANx9w TIL That it takes two to three months to climb Mount Everest.
VB6Y4 TIL that China uses only one time zone across the entire country, despite spanning about 5 geographic time zones
69p4W TIL Mount Everest grows in height by 4mm (0.16in) every year
Ev7W TIL including humans, all living creatures emit a weak light from their entire body in a process known as “biophoton emission.”
oRvlA TIL out of the world's ten most polluted cities nine are in India