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TIL that the reason all videos are subtitled on Netflix is because the National Association for the Deaf filed a class-action lawsuit against them in 2010.

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wmp8 TIL on Valentine’s day 2014, an unnamed man sabotaged a special screening of “Beijing Love Story” by booking every odd seat in the theater, preventing couples from sitting together
jbwX TIL to be a true “lucky rabbit’s foot” charm, it has to be the left hind leg of the rabbit, and be caught in a cemetery on either a full moon, new moon, or a Friday the 13th.
e0bpE TIL that when the first complaints of witchcraft had gone out starting the Salem Witch Trials, a church member had a "witch cake" made. They said it was "a means to discover witchcraft". It was made from rye meal and urine from those that were afflicted and then fed to a dog.
oRnj7 TIL-K.I.T.T in Knight Rider was voiced by William Daniels, popularly known as the actor who played Mr. Feeny in Boy Meets World
kwl7 TIL that two men claimed to have been abducted by aliens with carrot-like faces and lobster-claw hands. The local sheriff left them alone and secretly recorded them, expecting a hoax to be revealed, but they continued to discuss the events with each other as if they were terrified.