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TIL Blockbuster declined several offers to buy Netflix for $50 million. Netflix is now worth $2 billion.

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xLa5 TIL that in english, the name of every number shares a letter with each neighbor. One shares an O with two, which shares a T with three, which shares an R with four, which shares an F with five, which shares an I with six – and so on indefinitely.
WkLr9 TIL of Torch Lake, often compared to the Caribbean, it is located in Michigan and is one of the clearest lakes in the world.
R7aa8 TIL that the United States Postmaster General is the second-highest paid U.S. government official (267,840 USD), based on publicly available salary information, after the President of the United States.
kJQaW TIL that Gemma Hayter (1982–2010) , a disabled woman from Warwickshire, was tortured and murdered in 2010 by people she believed were her friends. Her death was later identified as a case of "mate crime," where vulnerable individuals are exploited by those they trust.
nWw9b TIL in China there's ink named "Burning White House." It's black with gold dust.