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TIL In 2000, Enron and Blockbuster signed a "20-year exclusive deal" to provide movie on-demand services. They ended their partnership 8 months later.

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AD5Vo TIL the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki almost exploded in flight before being dropped
Peow TIL General Douglas MacArthur earned seven Silver Stars in WWI, vomited on the White House steps, wore a kimono while working at home as Army Chief of Staff, was awarded the very first Purple Heart (which he authorized), was Father of the Year in 1942, and told JFK to not get involved in Vietnam.
R7X8 TIL that blocked noses are not caused by booger plugs, they’re actually caused by inflamed blood vessels pinching your nasal cavity shut, so no amount of blowing your nose will clear the blockage
5VVLD TIL that yaks are the Swiss-army knives of domesticated animals. They can be milked like a cow, ridden like a horse (including for playing polo), sheared for wool (super warm and soft) like sheep, eaten like a pig, pull carts like an ox, carry stuff like a donkey and their dung burns like wood
R7VK7 TIL "Mr Brightside" by The Killers, a song released in 2003, has been on the UK Hot 100 charts for 216 week (4+ years)