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TIL that in the USA, emails are considered “abandoned” after 180 days. The government can look at these emails without a warrant thanks to the Electronic Communications Protection Act.

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yQm7l TIL that New Zealand bans ludicrous children’s names that would cause offence: this has protected children from being called Stallion, Yeah Detroit, Fish and Chips, Twisty Poi, Keenan Got Lucy and Sex Fruit, but did allow one to be called Number 16 Bus Shelter.
VBLj8 TIL that both Quantum tunneling and Quantum Entanglement are both involved in the process of a tadpole turning into a frog.
9wYMm TIL East Timor (also known as Timor-Leste) is the only country in Asia that is located entirely in the Southern Hemisphere.
wopr6 TIL professional wrestler and former AEW World Champion Samoa Joe was a dance performer at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles at the age of 5.
l7R4V TIL: Debuting in 1989, The Simpsons has aired for 35 seasons making it the longest-running scripted American primetime television series in history. Law & Order SVU is the 2nd longest-running series with 25 seasons.