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TIL The Peace Arch Park lies between the U.S. and Canadian border crossings north of Seattle. During the COVID lockdowns couples could meet at the park to be together. It was the site of many lockdown weddings. Newlyweds had to return to their own country after.

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9AM6 TIL that the island of St. Kilda in Scotland was so isolated that its people had not heard of Britain’s king when it was rediscovered in 1746, and still practiced Druidism into the 19th century.
kO4pE In Norway, there sits a literary time capsule that is slowly filling with the unread manuscripts of the world’s best authors.
0lBv TIL that when the pirate Klaus Störtebeker and 10 of his companions were executed, a senator asked the executioner if he was tired after this, but he replied he could easily execute the whole of the senate as well. The senate sentenced him to death for that and a senator himself executed him.
dVMj TIL one of the oldest companies in America sold soap to George Washington and many other presidents. They still sell the scents in the exact formulas today.
nWN7G TIL that 97% of the United States is rural.