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TIL Hummingbirds snore…adorably.

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b1oQ TIL in 2015, FBI hair examiners knowingly gave erroneous testimony; they overstated results to benefit the prosecution in 95% of cases over previous 20 years.
neN0r TIL that until a hard fought vote that only passed 83-80 in 1985, condoms could not be sold in Ireland w/o a prescription because of the Catholic Church's influence.
peZe TIL that in 2000 Netflix proposed that Blockbuster should use Netflix as its online service and Blockbuster laughed them out of the office
XEpOE TIL Steven Spielberg's carreer began when he was a boy scout, by making a nine-minute 8mm film entitled "The Last Gunfight" which earned him a photography merit badge.
JYLgl TIL David Bowie wasn't first choice to play The Goblin King in Jim Henson's Labyrinth movie. Other artists considered for the role include Freddie Mercury, Rod Stewart and David Lee Roth.