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TIL Satellite phones are illegal in certain countries. India and China, for example, in order to regulate the content. The penalties range from confiscation, to jail time, as some govts see them as political dissent

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1ajdX TIL that The Irish parliament recently spent €808,000 on a new printer, and when they discovered it didn’t fit they spent another €236,000 moving walls and reinforcing the building. It remains unused as staff refuse to operate it without a pay rise.
vb9L TIL that the ‘technologically advanced’ South Koreans are forced (by law) to use Internet Explorer to shop and bank online.
J1KV TIL that in 1927 a fictional student was enrolled at Georgia Tech. Since then, this student has received all undergraduate degrees, fought in the war, served on Mad magazine’s Board of Directors and was the leading candidate for Time’s person of the year.
jNlDn TIL That the drought of 1976-77 aligned harmoniously with the rise of skateboarding. In effort to conserve water, pools were being emptied all throughout Southern California. With that, emerging skaters like Tony Alva, Steve Olson, and the late Jay Adams were jumping fences and skating empty pools.
mx6rP TIL The Beatles song "She Said She Said" on Revolver was written after a party in 1965. John Lennon and George Harrison were on LSD, and actor Peter Fonda creeped them out by telling them "I know what it’s like to be dead." Lennon responded "You’re making me feel like I’ve never been born."