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Today I learned many Korean folk tales begin “Back when tigers used to smoke…”

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R7Rgw TIL that the land in Finland is rising faster in the coastline than further East, causing rivers to tilt and flood towns, since the rivers flow from the east to the coast
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d8wL8 TIL that New Zealand was one of the colonies asked to join in the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia. New Zealand did not join in part due to fears of discrimination against the Māori people. In response, in 1902 Australia gave Māoris the right to vote, 65 years before the Aboriginal people.
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