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TIL that the star ratings on Netflix movies and shows are not the actual rating of the film but instead are how much Netflix thinks you’ll enjoy them based on your previous viewing history.

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g65L TIL The first time Ted Bundy was reported as a possible suspect, the police ignored it because they thought it unlikely that a clean-cut law student with no adult criminal record could be the perpetrator
8N9V TIL that “nauseated” and “nauseous” are not interchangeable: “I am nauseated” means “I feel sick,” but “I am nauseous” literally means “I cause a feeling of sickness.”
awWbA TIL Friederike Bruning visited India in 1978 to look for a guru, but ended up staying after buying a cow at a neighbor’s insistence. She started a cowshed for abandoned animals and has since saved over 1,800, earning the name “Sudevi Mataji”.
Q9E TIL that it’s evolutionary for guys to sleep after orgasm so they avoid post-coital bonding and don’t get attached to their partner.