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TIL Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix after a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13.

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PY6dL TIL that the Chinese army held an Olympics event for captured POWs in the Korean war, with 500 POWs from 11 countries participating. POWs also took roles as photographers, announcers and reporters.
KOwdG TIL: Moon Rock Given to Holland by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin tested to be Petrified Wood
W7JjX TIL Farmers use donkeys to guard livestock
69kl TIL there is an Iraqi version of “Punk’d” where they plant fake bombs in celebrity’s cars.
lo9OA TIL about Chionis of Sparta, an ancient Greek Olympian whose long jump record of over 7 meters at the Olympic games of 656 BC would have won him gold at the 1896 Olympics and placed him in the top eight of the next 10 games, through the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.