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2015

TIL that 74% of Netflix subscribers would rather cancel their subscription than see ads.

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oRMor TIL the world’s largest cockroach is called “Megaloblatta longipennis”
QJeJE Today I learned: Joan Crawford was bisexual. Her daughter Christina confirmed in 2010 her mother had relationships with several women; her unreciprocated feelings for Bette Davis are rumored to have fueled their at times combative relationship.
4k16J TIL many Japanese, including the Governor of Toyko, believe the Kantō Massacre (where an estimated 6000 Koreans were killed) did not occur
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7Dpb TIL American Geochemist Clair Patterson helped reduce lead levels within the blood of Americans by approximately 80% by the late 90s, after spending decades of fighting the industrial use of lead.