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TIL Netflix is (almost) 20 years old

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owVA [TIL] the Mongol Empire installed empire-wide messenger/postal stations 15-40 miles apart, stocked with food and fresh mounts that required passports for use, allowing for communication over the largest empire in history
eekn TIL a girl obsessed with biting her nails was convince by a hypnotist to let them grow to get more enjoyment from biting them. After letting them grow, she no longer wanted to bite them, thus curing her obsession
vNQB TIL there is a form of Kryptonite that can turn Superman gay
OGaY4 TIL Stallone is the only actor in the history of American cinema to have starred in a box-office number-one film across six consecutive decades
loGPa TIL that Walt Disney was in the Red Cross Ambulance Corps at the age of 16 during the height of the influenza pandemic in 1918