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TIL that UN deems Internet access a basic human right

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0ELR TIL that “shrapnel” is named after Henry Shrapnel, inventor of a type of anti-personnel cannonball
Pr9g TIL the city of Wallace, Idaho, to protect itself from proposed interstate expansion, managed to list all of its downtown buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. As a result, the federal government was forced to build, at great expense, an elevated viaduct for I-90 around the city.
OoOG4 TIL vulpinic acid is poisonous to all meat-eaters but not to mice and rabbits
kJAL4 TIL that Yale alumni occupied the presidency and/or vice presidency continuously from 1981 to 2009
GY6rQ TIL the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 was passed after art dealer was caught lying about the source of hjs artwork, effectively classifying unverifiable claims of Indian heritage as false advertisement.