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TIL Dr. Seuss illustrated a bestselling book called The Pocket Book of Boners.

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5YQEn TIL of allemansrätten in Sweden (lit. "the everyman's right"). It gives a person the right to access, walk, cycle, ride, ski, and camp on any land—with the exception of private gardens, the immediate vicinity of a dwelling house and land under cultivation.
JY1JQ TIL that Nuremburg, Germany was the first place to mass-produce wooden pencils
M7RlB TIL that dogs rotate before lying down because turning in circles provides an opportunity to take one last look for potential predators and attacks before bedtime. It’s actually an inherited form of self-preservation and protection.
Lkr0v TIL that the largest castle in the world is Malbork Castle, built by the Teutonic Order of knights. It was completed in 1406 and at the time was the largest brick castle in the world.
WXXL TIL IBM made a movie by moving atoms and recording them with an electron microscope.