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TIL There is a town in Norway called Hell, and it freezes over almost every winter.

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rwEo TIL An American has been held in a Dubai prison for 8 months without trial for uploading a spoof video on youtube.
kOjrW TIL perp walks (perpetrator walks) are illegal in France, as it is illegal to publish pictures of an identifiable person in handcuffs or police custody unless they have been convicted
0vYA TIL that Tommy Chong was the cell mate of Jordan Belfort (“The Wolf of Wall Street”) and encouraged Belfort to publish his autobiography.
xVo0w TIL an 11 year old girl survived four days on a 2ft by 5ft raft after her family was murdered and the boat she was on sank. She went years without knowing for sure who killed them. [fixed]
e0j4E TIL that the darkest black created, an acrylic paint called "Black 3.0", was created by artists in retaliation of artist Anish Kapoor who had secured the exclusive right to use the aerospace material "Vantablack" in art projects, refusing all other artists who wanted to use it as well.