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TIL that Finland made internet access a legal right in 2010
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TIL about a barbershop which promoted reading. Children got a discount if they read aloud during a haircut.
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TIL in an effort to one-up the Soviets during the late 1950s, the United States planned to hit the moon with a nuclear warhead-tipped ICBM. In the Air Force’s infinite wisdom, however, the plan was scrapped because they felt the public would respond unfavorably to nuking the moon.
xp1
TIL that in the card game Euchre, played with a twenty-four card deck, the “Bauer” refers to the most powerful card in the trump suit, which is commonly taken to be the Jack. Coincidentally, Jack Bauer from the TV show is the best agent, in a show that has twenty-four episodes a season.
4XEgR
TIL that Jerry Springer was born in a London subway station that was being used as a shelter from German bombing during World War II.
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TIL that princess diana shook hands with a man who had aids that helped in removing the stigma around the disease.