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TIL that Reed Hasting started Netflix after receiving $40 in late fees when returning Apollo 13.

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JYjG1 TIL A woman was convicted of murder of her son. Authorities suspected antifreeze poisoning. After she went to prison, Stallings gave birth to another child; he was diagnosed with methylmalonic acidemia, a medical condition that can mimic antifreeze poisoning. Stallings was then released from prison.
6NvW TIL that in Japan when a death order has been issued, the condemned prisoner is informed in the morning of his/her execution.
vPV07 TIL the Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte was approved by Hitler to be the largest tank ever built, it would have weighed over 1000 tonnes and would have destroyed bridges due to it's weight alone
VpA0 TIL in older Scandinavian society a popular Christmas prank was to place a straw goat in a neighbour’s house without them noticing; the family successfully pranked had to get rid of it in the same way!
lnQ5 TIL in 1761, 60 slaves survived a shipwreck and lived on a 200 acre island 300 miles form land for 15 years