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TIL that from 9PM to 12AM, Netflix accounts for 33% of all bandwidth in North America.

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BrZpx TIL that Spielberg shot "E.T." in chronological sequence so the kids could mentally deal with the goodbye of a friend
PY8nJ TIL Dane Cook has Laugh Factory's endurance record of performing for 7 hours straight, beating previous record held by Dave Chappelle by 38 minutes.
dDyKE TIL that in 1016 Edmund Ironside, King of the English, was assassinated while on the toilet by an assassin who hid inside the toilet.
LNbZ TIL when the former commander of the Nazi extermination camp Treblinka, Kurt Franz, was arrested in 1959 a search of his home yielded a scrapbook with horrific photos of the massacre titled “Beautiful Years.”
OPee TIL In 1988, a government-led drug, money laundering, and nationwide child abuse ring was exposed in Nebraska. In the aftermath, the case’s chief investigator died violently, the abused minors were jailed for accusing their abusers, and a documentary on the topic was banned.