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TIL in 2000 Blockbuster CEO John Antioco turned down the chance to purchase Netflix because he thought it was a “very small niche business”

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GYZk4 TIL the Australian slang phrase, "Pissing in a person's pocket", means to insincerely attempt to convince a person that you're doing them a favor, when you actually have only your own interests (generally either making a profit or ingratiating oneself) at heart.
R7P0j TIL American Airlines lost $40 million on just two passengers who bought unlimited lifetime first class travel passes
MeyVB TIL a shark at a New Zealand aquarium was discovered to be pregnant when another shark attacked her and 4 baby sharks emerged from the open wound. Staff were surprised and found 4 more babies in her. If she’d given birth at night, then her babies would have been eaten alive by other sharks.
EgkRP TIL per official conventions of the International Astronomical Union, all mountains on Saturn’s moon Titan are named after ones from Tolkien’s Middle-Earth. Already named are the Misty Montes, Erebor Mons, Angmar Mons and even Doom Mons.
D1oLY TIL in the 1870s, the city of Liège, Belgium hired 37 cats to deliver mail. It was unsuccessful.