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TIL Netflix monitors BitTorrent to decide which shows to purchase

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VB70Q TIL that a jury does not have to convict a guilty person of a crime if they believe that the appropriate application of the law will have unjust or immoral results, or if they would like to send a larger social message.
m1vwR TIL that opossums only live two years...
jNy1a TIL scientists have found a way to make a mini dam. They can harvest the mechanical energy from the falling rain, and they convert it into electrical energy.
X1eP TIL that Tolkien constructed the grammar and vocabulary of not only one, but at least fifteen Elvish languages and dialects.
LQNl0 TIL that there is a German word for “Capitalism Heyday”, Hochkapitalismus, which is the period from 1800 to the First World War