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TIL in 1995, Blockbuster sued rival company Hollywood Video for $10 million after hiring five former Blockbuster employees. Hollywood Video had only 117 stores nationwide, in comparison to Blockbuster's 2,800.

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E18K7 TIL that when you exercise, the burned fat metabolizes to become carbon dioxide, water, and energy. Meaning: you exhale the fat that you lose.
wLxv8 TIL George Clooney's first starring role was in "the Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" called the "worst film ever made" though now considered a cult schlock classic
b9lRj TIL of Hart Island, AKA “Island of the Dead”, off the coast of New York City. It’s the largest tax-funded cemetery in the world with over 1 million unclaimed bodies. The bodies are buried by prisoners from Rikers Island. All graves are unmarked. Nobody is allowed on.
awO6J TIL in 2012, the Walmart with the most Facebook likes would get a visit from Pitbull. Internet pranksters quickly made the most remote Walmart in the US (located in Kodiak, Alaska) the most liked Walmart page. Pitbull kept his promise and performed there.
wgg7 TIL the phrase “Always a bridesmaid, never a bride” was popularized by Listerine in ads featuring a lovelorn woman unable to find a husband due to her halitosis. The same ad coined the term “halitosis.”