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TIL in Europe,Netflix monitors illegal downloading sites like BitTorrent, to see which shows are illegally downloaded the most, then purchase that show to offer on their market.

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M7Wb TIL that all of the top 10 most powerful computers in the world all run on a Linux operating system.
WZpN TIL: Nikola Tesla was offered the task of completely redesigning the Edison Company’s direct current generators for fifty thousand dollars. After months of work, when Tesla asked for payment Edison refused and said “Tesla, you don’t understand our American humor”