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Today I Learned · by Olena Shevchenko · 2026-10-09

TIL there's a town in Norway where the sun doesn't rise for months

Longyearbyen goes without sunrise from about late October to mid February. people there are not allowed to die?? thats a myth but still

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Cian Kelly · 1 likes

was expecting a different answer but this makes sense idk

Brave Orbit · 4 likes

hmm not sure about that but ok

Chloe Davis · 3 likes

can confirm

Pixel Comet · 1 likes

hmm i had the opposite experience tbh

Isha Menon · 0 likes

never had someone ask me this before, great thread

Pim Anong · 0 likes

lol this

Chinedu Adeyemi · 0 likes

ha, this is so relatable

Rizky Pratama · 6 likes

love the optimism

Tiago Costa · 0 likes

yep, 100%