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TIL After racking up a $40 late fee on a VHS copy of Apollo 13, Reed Hastings was inspired to start Netflix

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eA4b TIL more than half of brits think Sherlock Holmes was a real person.
vPdoB TIL about Lauri Törni who fought for the Finnish Army during the Winter War and Continuation War, fought for Germany during WWII, and fought for the US during Vietnam War, where he was killed. He is the only known Waffen-SS to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
D1AKP TIL future U.S. President Franklin Pierce grew homesick while at school in another town and walked 12 miles (19 km) back to his home. His father fed him dinner, drove him part of the distance back to school, then ordered him to walk the rest of the way in a thunderstorm.
NXQrJ TIL that when Pope John Paul II was about to visit Britain in 1982, the Falklands War between Argentina and the UK began. To avoid the impression that the Catholic Church favored one side over the other, the Vatican quickly scheduled a papal visit to Argentina before the already scheduled UK trip.
ANApw TIL some dogs eat their own poop to destroy the evidence because they’re worried about being punished.