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TIL the only operating Blockbuster on earth is in Bend, Oregon and is still open to this day.

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JeWQ TIL a father and young son were kidnapped and brought to a construction site where the kidnappers cut the father’s throat from ear to ear, shot the son 3 times, then the kidnappers buried them. The father escaped, walked ¼ mile, and flagged down a police officer. He survived. The son did not.
8e0EP TIL that in Japan on December 16, 1997, a particular episode of the Pokémon anime's first season induced photosensitive epileptic seizures in children across the country. Over 600 children were taken to hospitals. The incident is referred to in Japan as the "Pokémon Shock".
WZvo TIL two white brothers took the Boston firefighters test claiming to be black so they would pass at the lower requirements. They worked for 10 years before being discovered.
AVla TIL Adolf Hitler promised to end the use of tobacco in the military after the end of the war and encouraged close friends not to smoke, He even began to offer a gold watch to any of his inner circle who could quit.
emP5 TIL Johnny Knoxville recently discovered that he is the product of “Significant inbreeding”.