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TIL Ecuador can experience all four seasons in one day due to its geographical diversity and position on the equator.

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4Neb TIL companies can still legally fire a worker for being gay in 29 states.
4XQ8w TIL about the treeless tundra town of Nome Alaska, who's residents create their own Nome National Forest on the frozen sea out of their discarded Christmas trees. The tradition has fallen out of practice but has recently been reborn through pressure from the Mayor.
XEyoD TIL Most new cars have a hidden keyhole so you can get in even if the car/fob battery is dead
JY9P1 TIL that owls have legit legs under their coats.
d8LdZ TIL that in 1493, Christopher Columbus saw 'mermaids' and dexcribed them as 'not half as beautiful as they are painted' - they were actually manatees.