(Re-Post from Reddit) TIL that a guy in Japan laid legal claim to 2.5 million acres of land...

[pigpen]

Today I Learned that a guy in Japan laid legal claim to 2.5 million acres of abandoned woodland via adverse possession, acquired ownership by prescription, then declared independence from Japan and formed a micro-nation. More info in link below-

http://mw.micronation.org/wiki/Woodland_Patchwork

 

[SovereignRedemption]

Awesome.

 

[Hobo Huck]

I saw this TIL on Reddit too actually..amazing article behind it.