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TIL that the Danube River is classified as ‘international water’ so that landlocked Austria, Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia and the southern parts of Germany can have secure access to the Black Sea.

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Ma18 TIL when F. Scott Fitzgerald died, he thought he was a failure, and his work forever forgotten. His novel, The Great Gatsby, was reviewed poorly and had only sold 20,000 copies. It’s now considered the greatest novel in American history, and sells over 500,000 copies per year.
7PpM TIL there was an unsanctioned Russian version of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles where they met Batman and a ballerina T-Rex
R5ba8 TIL That China's one child law involved a 'Family Planning Team' that hunted down pregnant women in hiding because they already had one child. That teams enforcement included inducing labor, then drowning or strangling the infant.
QJVAk TIL about Australian Aborigine avoidance practices; these are social distancing rules that precludes in-laws from having direct contact and a policy of not naming the deceased which can last a period of between 12 months to several years.
wLPZE TIL if you find an uninhabited island covered in guano you are allowed to take it for yourself in the name of the USA