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TIL possession of child pornography was legal in Japan up untill 2014

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1aPyW TIL that the Apollo 11 landing site was chosen purely for technical and safety reasons, which is why the famous footage takes place on a mostly featureless plain. Later Apollo missions landed in valleys, next to canyons, and at the foot of mountains.
d8jxB TIL that the longest Novel in the world contains more then 9.5 Million characters.
b9y7p TIL Susan B. Anthony, although known for work for women's suffrage, was also an abolitionist: she collected anti-slavery petitions when she was 17, and in her 30's she became the New York state agent for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
KWPa TIL that the first aircraft hijacker in Norway surrendered his weapon for a six-pack
YpQG7 TIL Djibouti author Abdourahman Waberi wrote a story about a world in which Africa was more advanced compared to the West. In her writing, Zurich held the highest rate of AIDS infections and African leaders were making broad pronouncements about the hoards of impoverished, starving Japanese