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TIL that Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for 50 million in 2000 but turned it down to go into business with Enron

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e0VV5 TIL Longtime Looney Tunes animator Chuck Jones hated Space Jam, so much that when Warner Brothers asked him to give a speech at a dinner for the Space Jam producers, he tried to give his honest opinion in a polite manner, but got escorted off the lot by security
ZyVQ TIL that prostitution is not a crime in the UK, but some related activities like soliciting in a public place, or owning a brothel are
95pm TIL Similar to how a baby human sucks on its thumb, baby elephants can suck on their own trunks for comfort.
eBmb TIL King Jong-nam, Kim Jong Un’s older brother, was deported in 2001 trying to enter Japan to visit Disneyland on a fake Dominican passport, falling out of his father’s favor as the next leader
0dNKA TIL that the hit song ‘It Must Have Been Love’ performed by Roxette was originally released as a Christmas song in 1987. The song was slightly re-edited in 1990 for the ‘Pretty Woman’ soundtrack and all Christmas references from the song were removed.