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This surreal place here is the Blue Lagoon. A big lake of boiling white water in the middle of the Icelandic wilderness. And the likes of (in)famous whistleblower Edward Snowden might be loving the thought of ending up with their asses dipped in the soothing mineral waters.

But why? Why has Iceland become such a safe haven for "truth dissidents" and other mavericks? Why would the likes of Snowden (and Assange, to that matter) picture themselves dwelling in that God-forgotten piece of rock in the middle of the North Atlantic? Aren't they scared of the vicious elf infestation that has descended upon the island!?

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