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KBZJ TIL that the 1972 Miami Dolphins are the only team to win the Super Bowl with a perfect season. There’s an urban legend that every season, whenever the last remaining undefeated NFL team loses its first game, all surviving members of the ‘72 Dolphins open bottles of champagne in celebration.
9lbD TIL Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.
8eAka TIL the colour orange came first because oranges used to be green. Even today some are green in Thailand and Vietnam
K8ZE TIL that the atlas moth, which is considered the largest moth species in the world, can spend up to 5 years in it’s cocoon but after emerging into its moth form, only lasts for 3-5 days.
b6pRQ TIL In 2019, a Dutch F-16 managed to shoot itself from behind. It managed to outrun it's own cannon fire, before the shells eventually caught it up, striking the fuselage.