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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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ZPB TIL That those thoughts of doing dangerous/risky/harmful things or mainly unwanted images of yourself doing those things are called intrusive thoughts, and are pretty normal.
DEjD TIL in 1978, Queen arranged for topless girls to ride bikes on stage during their live performance of “Fat Bottomed Girls” at Madison Square Garden.
kOeZ7 TIL the Apollo 11 mission was so risky, Nixon had a speech ready in case the astronauts were left to die on the moon.
bygZ TIL: Sea Star Wasting Syndrome is wiping out star fish all along the Pacific Coast. Lesions first appear, followed by fragmentation of the body, then death. Can be rapid, killing the animal within days.
78GvM TIL that the critically endangered Right Whale got its name from being the right whale to hunt.