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TIL that Finland made internet access a legal right in 2010

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9YlwB TIL that a week after the Kent State massacre in 1970, a Gallup poll revealed nearly 60 percent placed total blame on the students, while only 10 percent blamed the guardsmen.
l7L7a TIL that an NFL player simultaneously served in the US Navy. Napoleon McCallum played for the LA Raiders while assigned to a ship in Los Angeles; the military allows outside jobs that don't interfere with service. After one year he was reassigned; McCallum returned to the NFL after leaving the Navy.
e0rOE TIL Mae Jemison was the first African American woman in space. She also was a doctor in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone, started her own business, writes children’s books, has produced and directed modern dance plays, and was also in a few episodes of Star Trek.
X09e6 TIL, two people next to each will see the Andromeda Galaxy at different times (days apart) if one is walking toward the galaxy and the other is standing still or walking/moving away from it. This is called the Andromeda Paradox.
pYAAG TIL that male seahorses get pregnant and give birth.