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TIL that Finland made internet access a legal right in 2010

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epgPE TIL the 1992 show "Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos" so offended the owner of the network that he called the studio and cancelled it minutes into the first episode
9YV5D TIL closed captions and subtitles are different. Closed captions assume that watchers can't hear anything, therefore describing background noises, music and other audio cues that need discribing, while subtitles are assuming that the watchers can hear, and just says what the characters are saying.
nWjdP TIL the Guinness Book of World Records originated from an argument over the fastest game bird in Europe.
gMYnW TIL in October 2012, around 25 families showed up to the Nottingham Cineworld theater to watch Madagascar 3. Due to a technical error with the projector, they wound up watching the opening scene of Paranormal Activity 4 instead, causing children as young as 5-years-old to start crying as a result
ZGAp TIL that an AshleyMadison survey of over 100 thousand users indicates that 25% of female subscribers have either had children from their affairs that they have passed off as products of their marriage or are unsure of their child’s parentage! Happy Father’s Day!!