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TIL that Finland made internet access a legal right in 2010

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V8eD TIL The reason hurricanes and cyclones have human names is that the original meteorologist to name them, Clement Wragge, began naming them after politicians he didn’t like. This let him say they were ‘causing great distress’ or 'wandering aimlessly’.
Vn6m TIL that one of The Simpsons episodes resulted in increased awareness of Heimlich maneuver and thus helped saving lives
b7g7 TIL - When one is named after a dead person, it is called a necronym.
oRYko TIL about Hastings Banda, the oldest president who was still ruling Malawi at 96 years old. Under his rule, women could not wear trousers and men with beards were seized and forced to have a haircut.
KY0L4 TIL that India's Marine Commando Force was equipped with cyanide tipped crossbows as a silenced pistol alternative until the late 1980s.