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TIL that electric eels can deliver a shock of up to 600 volts, which is strong enough to stun a horse.

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ynmJ TIL Netflix and HBO have nearly identical revenue ($5.5bil & $5.4bil), but for HBO $1.8bil of that is profit…for Netflix, only $266mil is profit.
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