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TIL Finland plans to make access to 100 Mbit/s internet a legal right for all citizens by 2015

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8anmZ TIL that the game "50 Cent: Blood in the Sand" had a helicopter mission added to it late in the development process because 50 Cent's son asked for helicopters to be in the game
7rYbp TIL Russia has 800,000 faith healers but only 640,000 doctors
ADJGa TIL John Cleese has a rubbish tip named after him in New Zealand because he insulted the city of Palmerston North.
1E5W TIL in the 2009 Philippines floods a teenager named Muelmar Magallanes saved 30 lives. After leaping into the rushing waters to save his family from danger, he repeatedly jumped back in to save others, including a trapped mother and baby, until too tired to fight the current he was swept away.
Y711W TIL A downtown Vancouver mall invites individuals with nowhere to go to sleep on the property overnight overnight and use its facilities when it opens its doors early in the morning. Night-shift employees conduct life safety checks, with first aid and mental health training