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TIL that Finland made internet access a legal right in 2010

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rwMy TIL that sling bullets from the siege of Perusia (41 BC) have been found with phrases on them such as “catch”, “take this”, and “For Pompey’s backside”
Y7Wed TIL in 2006 a jury awarded $24.2m to two men who were severely burned by a 12,500-volt electrical wire when they trespassed onto railroad property and climbed atop a rail car. The two men, who were 17 at the time of the accident, argued the companies should've placed warning signs about the wires.
agBM TIL that Romeo and Juliet opens with two servants casually discussing how they will deflower and rape the Montague women.
banQ TIL In Medieval Times, red hair was associated with moral degradation and promiscuity. Redheads were regarded as werewolves, vampires and witches. The Spanish Inquisition singled them out for persecution, believing their hair to be a sure sign that they stole the fires of hell
VMGGZ TIL about Guerrilla Grafting. It's the illegal process of turning city maintained sterile fruit trees into fruiting trees by splicing compatible branches onto the sterile trees with branches from fruiting trees.