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TIL that in 2000 Enron and Blockbuster entered into a 20 year agreement to stream on-demand video entertainment. Blockbuster withdrew from the contract just months later and Enron filed for bankruptcy in late 2001.

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ANd4 TIL You can bake cookies, brownies, etc on a waffle iron
eyNn TIL That dead batteries bounce when you drop them, while good batteries don’t.
8aPB4 TIL: The first, and so far only, time Gallup asked "Which Country Is The Greatest Threat to World Peace?" the US came first with three times the vote for second place.
AN7Od TIL about the Pentagon Pizza Meter, where any time any big geopolitical event is imminent (a war, invasion, assassination, etc.) pizza orders at pizza shops near the pentagon soar, as the Pentagon workers are loading up on food for a long night of analysis and observation.