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TIL of a Russian cult that worships the character Gadget from 80’s cartoon Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers

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9lbD TIL Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.
W7ryB TIL of Xingtian, the God of Not Giving up. In Ancient Chinese Myth he fought vs. Huangdi for the title of Supreme God, lost, and got beheaded. However he turned his nipples & navel into eyes & a mouth and resumed battling for the top spot again
g5WD TIL the GPS cordinates that lead to Walts burried money in BREAKING BAD actually, in real life lead to ABQ studios in Albuquerque NM where BREAKING BAD was filmed. They wanted to be sure the cordinates didn’t lead to somewhere people might go think there could be burried treasure.
jNgv TIL Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger, a former Alcatraz inmate, visited San Francisco and had a touristy photo taken as an Alcatraz prisoner, AS A FUGITIVE.
mxlRE TIL that Myanmar (Burma) doesn’t use the metric system, but it doesn’t use the imperial system either, instead, they have their own system of measurement called the Burmese system