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TIL New Zealand gave a volcano the same legal rights as a living person in the same way America does with corporations.

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8a074 TIL that the patron saint of Norway, the man declared the perpetual king of Norway wrote erotic love poems so naughty that the authors of the sagas didn't include them.
vNnK TIL King Gustav III of Sweden commissioned an experiment to prove coffee was poisonous. Overseen by two doctors, a prisoner was forced to drink three pots of coffee a day until he died. Both doctors and the King died before the prisoner.
7rWYb TIL that the 2003 Cat In The Hat movie was so bad that Dr Seuss’s widow specifically said that she wouldn’t allow any more live action adaptations of his work.
N75oE TIL of Iqbal Masih, a young boy who was rescued from slavery at a carpet loom. This young activist was assassinated at the age of 12 in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1995 by someone believed to be a feudal landlord and carpet manufacturer.
ADZrl TIL that male otters will sometimes hold pups ransom to force their mothers to give up some of their food