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TIL that everyone in Finland has the right to an internet connection

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9w5DM TIL about the deadliest hail storm in recorded history. 246 people were killed by hail in Moradabad, India, 1888.
l11K TIL Denzel Washington subjected himself to being waterboarded for his role in the film, “Safe House”
epZj6 TIL that .io is a ccTLD (country code Top Level Domain) and not a generic IT/developer related domain. It belongs to the British Indian Ocean Territory and will be phased out.
KYaZQ TIL early “Toy Story” scripts were so bad that production was halted. Steve Jobs kept work going with personal funding until a better script was ready. When production green-lit for $17M, Jobs demanded more funds from Disney, who refused until Pixar’s co-founder was able to compromise a new budget
BRlb TIL Matt Stone & Trey Parker had people warn them that there would be Mormon protests surrounding their musical “The Book of Mormon”, but the church has had a great sense of humor about it, even advertising in some BOM playbills with phrases like “the book is always better”