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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/petburiraja on 2025-08-21 15:23:01+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about Bir Tawil, an 800-square-mile area of land between Egypt and Sudan that is terra nullius (land belonging to no one) because both countries refuse to claim it. Claiming Bir Tawil would legally force them to give up their claim on the more valuable Hala’ib Triangle.