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TIL of a place in Norway where three time zones meet but it is illegal to circumambulate it.

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QN05L TIL in 1982 for a film named Fitzcarraldo, director Werner Herzog had the cast drag a 30-ton steamship over a steep hill: to depict real life events. Under the threat of death, Carlos Fitzcarrald forced indigenous workers to transport a 320 ton ship over a mountain to get to another river in 1894.
XobX TIL That Iceland, Denmark and New Zealand are the top 3 most peaceful countries in the world. While UK ranks in as the 44th, and America as the 100th.
N8VE TIL that Jimmy Carter played a major role in eliminating guinea-worm disease - a parasite that is drank, and then burrows out of your body in the form of a worm.
QJJb6 TIL Polaroid warned not to shake a Polaroid picture like a Polaroid picture thanks to the Outkast song because it would damage the image.
dDmwd TIL all 658 employees at Cantor Fitzgerald who had offices in the World Trade Center were killed representing the single largest loss among any single organization in the attacks