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TIL there is a hotel in Finland consisting of separate glass igloos so that patrons can see the Northern Lights.

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neDn9 TIL Peter Hill was the first known African American clockmaker and the only Black clockmaker known to have worked in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He earned enough money to buy his freedom at age 27. The following year he married his wife Tina and purchased her freedom as well.
Ky54 TIL the “skin” on the Statute of Liberty is only 2.4mm thick. About the thickness of two pennies.
eDwg TIL there’s a fruit in japan whose extract is 300-times as sweet as sugar, and is commonly used for treating diabetes/obesity.
j6Vkj TIL that my lips and anus are made of the same skin and are the same color. I was also told nipples are the same skin too, meaning all three would be the same color. I’m upset because I can’t stop thinking about butthole skins.
Lk5RZ TIL about Danish artist Thomas Dambo who creates giant wooden sculptures and hides them in the forests of Copenhagen