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TIL that in most Nordic countries there are laws called “Every man’s rights” which state that it is legal to trespass, camp, fish and pick berries on public and private lands.

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neQ9d TIL that the main reason why Mickey, Donald, Pinocchio & other early Disney characters wear gloves is because it was easier to animate them. Walt Disney told his biographer that the gloves also exist for another reason “We didn’t want him to have mouse hands because he was supposed to be more human”
7PaM TIL- London is now the financial capital of the world, no longer New York City
KOeYB TIL that Ancient Egyptians built King Ramses II statue with precise accuracy to be illuminated by the Sun, a phenomenon that only occurs twice a year. Once on February 22nd for his coronation and again on October 22nd for his birthday.
Wk4XB TIL that an estimated 500,000 Americans have fake degrees.
1a7vX TIL The Rocky Horror Picture Show has had the longest-running theatrical release in film history (Since 1975)