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TIL Just 67% of Netflix users still pay for cable TV, compared to 80% in 2014 and 88% in 2010

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WkvbB TIL that Sweden allows hearsay as evidence in court. The country has very few restrictions on what evidence is allowed in court. It is up to the court to evaluate the reliability of the evidence presented.
78POL TIL That The Popular 2000s clothing brand, Paul frank had a kid show called Julius Jr.
XBJQ TIL that the last Democrat elected to replace another Democrat as president was James Buchanan, in 1856.
X0EOj TIL that since 2004 at least 18 have people died from contracting rabies after receiving organs from infected donors. Transplanted organs are not typically screened for rabies virus, which can incubate for up to a year or more before symptoms manifest, after which time it is nearly 100% fatal.
699xJ TIL Emperor Hirohito apologised for Japan's warcrimes in WW2, which Douglas MacArthur allegedly rejected by refusing to acknowledge Hirohito's presence. Patrick Lennox Tierney, the source for the story, would call it "the rudest, crudest, most uncalled for thing I have ever witnessed in my life"