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TIL that Blockbuster bought the domain name for “netlix.com” (misspelling of Netflix). Try it.

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yVPdX TIL about Floyd Allen from Carroll County, VA who was sentenced to one year in jail. Rather than go to jail, Allen and his family pulled out guns in the courthouse and killed the Judge, the sheriff, the prosecutor and 2 others in a violent shoot out. Allen was later executed for his escape attempt.
nJlY TIL that according the stories in the Bible God killed minimum 2,400,000 people, while Satan killed only about 10.
4kKZo TIL a primary inspiration for communism for both Marx and Engels was the Native American Iroquois Indians, the Haudenosaunee.
Q5ma TIL that in swimming finishes within 0.01 seconds are considered a tie, because to determine times within 0.001 seconds the length of each lane could differ no more than 1.7mm.
7DGP TIL When Five Guys opened up, they received an order from the Pentagon. When Five Guys asked what time they were going to pick up the order, an admiral got on the phone and told them “everyone delivers to the Pentagon.” Five Guys then put up a banner that read “ABSOLUTELY NO DELIVERY.”