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TIL that US telecom companies are legally required to provide a backdoor to law enforcement for wiretapping

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AJp4 TIL the St. Patrick’s Day parade has been held every year in New York since 1762, in Boston since 1737, and in Dublin Ireland since 1995.
wxmP TIL Sean Connery turned down the Gandalf role in Lord of the Rings. “I read the book. I read the script. I saw the movie. I still don’t understand it.”
WkrQo TIL The legal battles over the "Monkey Selfie" ruined the photographers life to the point of making him drop photography to find work as a dog walker.
l7kxN TIL Qingdao Press is one of the few Chinese press that writes math textbooks for both 6-year and 5-year primary schools.
neNxr TIL in 1974, a then largely unknown Queen were booed and heckled at a music festival in Australia. Freddie Mercury told the audience, "When we come back to Australia, we will be the biggest band in the world!" Queen would return after debuting their smash hit Bohemian Rhapsody just two years later.