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TIL there’s an island called Just Enough Room where there’s just enough room for a house and a tree.

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4lk6 TIL Illegal coal mining activities in Mongolia, and the intense use of coal burned on simple stoves has turned a region of Mongolia once famed for its blue skies into one of the world’s most polluted
P1p6G TIL that the Hyundai Kona is sold as the Kauai in Portugal, as Kona (cona) is a derogatory term for vagina
LQ1PZ TIL that Iran offers the most government mandated time off with a total of 53 days
W7MdY TIL The Grateful Dead song Eleven is called that because it is played in the time signature of 11/8
VbWD TIL when negotiating with Americans in the 1850’s, the Japanese leader inflated his title from Shogun (meaning “general of the army”) to Taikun (meaning “great prince/lord”). The title then entered the English language as “Tycoon,” and was adopted as a nickname for Abraham Lincoln by his staff