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TIL that Family Video is still in business because the owners where smart enough to invest in PURCHASING property (which can be leased out even after DVD's are dead), instead of simply RENTING space like Blockbuster did.

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9YAjD TIL There is a water reservoir floating in space that is equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean.
NXom6 TIL: Speed Skiing was a Demonstration Sport only in the 1992 Albertville Olympics.
GYEx5 TIL the Missing Link of the human race has been found and is no longer missing
dDYNZ TIL about 'Tree Spiking'. A practice in which someone screws or hammers in a spike into the base or trunk of a tree with the intention of causing personal and industrial harm. This has lead to the maiming and deaths of lumberjacks and factory workers...
R5val TIL on July 19, 1985, in his sixth professional bout, a young Mike Tyson faced Larry Sims in Poughkeepsie, New York. Out of Tyson's 58 professional fights, this is the only one never captured on video. It is theorized that the scheduled film crew failed to arrive on time, missing the entire match.