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TIL that EU citizen can demand a copy of all personal data that companies hold about them. However, more than one year after implementation of the new law, most Android and iPhone apps still completely ignore this right, a study has found.

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KO6N4 TIL European Eels are born in the Caribbean. They drift across the Atlantic to Europe and then navigate up rivers to live in ponds & lakes. It is unknown how they migrate back to the Caribbean to reproduce.
VMO10 TIL that the National Orchestra of Wales used a "sound box" so deaf people can experience a concert. Through vibrations, it transmits music to people with their hands on it or even lying on top of it. One participant called it "something none of us would ever have thought that we would experience."
YpEnx TIL the constitution of Alabama is the longest and most amended constitution still operative anywhere in the world.
9Apm TIL the first (Russian) spacewalk encountered problems leading to reentry deep in Siberia, where the astronauts had to camp in the reentry module overnight to keep bears and wolves at bay.
WLwY TIL: A male Koala has a forked penis and a female Koala has 2 vaginas.