Netflix.com was almost Blockbuster.com. Blockbuster considered purchasing Netflix at one point. Netflix was going to sell them 49% stake in the company and would have become the online service Blockbuster was looking for.

If you’re in the United States and have Netflix, try searching ‘Example Show’ within Netflix. You’ll find the first piece of content they ever uploaded, which is a test film that was used to check out the standard film frames.

Netflix users stream upwards of 100 million hours of content every single day.

The idea behind Netflix came in 1997 after the CEO was charged $40 for a late VHS copy of Apollo 13.

Netflix is available in over 50 countries.

People with kids are statistically more likely to have a Netflix account. Kids don’t mind watching the same shows over and over again.

Breaking Bad is the most watched show currently on Netflix.

Adam Sandler has recently signed a four-movie deal with Netflix. He says the reason he signed with them is because Netflix rhymes with wet chicks. Sound proof decision, Sandler.

For her role on ‘House of Cards’ Robin Wright won a Golden Globe for Best Actress. This made Netflix the first original online programming service to win a major television award.

Netflix also has their own awards show called ‘The Flixies’. They’re done tongue in cheek, but users are still encouraged to vote for their favorite shows.

Netflix has produced 66 original programs as of this February. They range from series, to films, to documentaries and comedy specials. One of their more popular series is ‘Orange is the New Black’.

If the quality of your Netflix stream is poor, try watching it a little earlier in the day. The peak times for people to watch Netflix are between 7pm and 9pm.

There are more people in the United States that subscribe to Netflix than there are to cable.

Netflix has 76,897 categories to use when you’re searching. This includes ‘Cool Mustaches’, ‘Dark Canadian Thrillers’, ‘Understates Detective Shows’, and my personal favorite ‘Emotional Independent Drama for Hopeless Romantics’. There’s literally only one movie labeled under than title.

If you’re draining all of your data watching Netflix, try this – Log into Netflix on your browser, go to your account, then playback settings and finally manage video quality. You can set it to 480p. While it’s definitely potato quality, you will use far less data.

If you’re a fan of Rotten Tomatoes, you can actually sort your list by their ratings. You can do this by going to either the Rotten Tomatoes Netflix streaming page OR you can download a Google Chrome extension.

Watching Netflix on the computer? There are a ton of keyboard shortcuts –

F = Full screen
Shift + L arrow = Rewind
Shift + R arrow = Fast forward
M = Mute
Up arrow = Volume up
Down arrow = Volume down
Enter = Play/Pause

The employees of Netflix can take as many vacation days as they want. Their spokesperson Joris Evers said “It’s all about freedom and responsibility and treating people like adults’.

And speaking of treating said employees like adults, they sure act like it. On April Fools Day one year, they changed their categories and added some made up ones instead. They included (but were not limited to) ‘Movies That Are In English, But Still Require Subtitles’, ‘Movies Featuring An Epic Nicholas Cage Meltdown’, and ‘TV Shows Where Defiantly Crossed Arms Mean Business’.

A Netflix inspector sorts around 650 DVDs per hour. That’s 5,200 DVDs per a working day.

The best connectivity offered in the US for Netflix is Google Fiber.

Netflix has purchased the licensing rights to ‘House of Cards’. They brought David Fincher and Kevin Spacey on because their movies proved to be immensely popular on Netflix.

In just one quarter of 2015, Netflix topped $1.4 billion in revenue.

Netflix has had their fair share of glitches. One of the more noticeable glitches was in 2014 and was combining two different titles into one.

If you’re wanting to view a show before it leaves Netflix, check out the service ‘Now Streaming’. They provide a full list of shows that are being removed every week.

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Peaky Blinders
Users: 97%

Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy are just a few of the big stars in this ‘Boardwalk Empire’ like series that makes you wish you were a British gangster in the 20s. Except, the fact that they have razor blades sewn into their hats is kind of weird.

Rotten Tomatoes doesn’t seem to have an official score for this one, but it’s awesome. I actually got the recommendation from a comment on a previous Netflix post, thanks Bill!

Sense8
Critics: 68% Users: 90%

8 people in their 20s located around the world discover they have an intimate connection to one another with emotional, mental and physical implications. Think ‘The Matrix’ mixed with ‘Heroes.’

Happy Valley
Critics: 100% Users:95%

The town may have a cheery name, but but the police sergeant isn’t smiling when she comes face-to-face with the man who destroyed her family, or when she’s dealing with the drug kingpin. This show is edgy, dark, and will keep you on the edge of your seat… or bed, because let’s be honest that’s where you’re watching all of these shows.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Critics: 94% Users: 89%

If you haven’t heard of this show by now, then your life is probably closely related to the main character, Kimmy, who just escaped from a bomb shelter she was trapped in for over 15 years. What could be better than a show written by Tina Fey about a girl stuck in the 90s?

Bloodline
Critics: 74%

Honestly, I think I watched this entire show in about 3 days. The intense storyline follows a family living in the sunny Florida Keys with a dark past and an even darker present. When the black sheep of the family comes home for his parents’ 45th anniversary of their hotel, things get ugly.

Marco Polo
Critics: 30% Users: 93%

Don’t let the critic score fool you, there were only 27 reviews compared to the A+ review given by almost 1,600 user ratings. This adventurous show follows the young explorer (who may or may not have existed) and his time spent with the gnarly Kublai Khan.

The Fall
Critics: 100% Users: 95%

This psychological thriller examines the lives of two hunters: a serial killer and the detective who is searching for him. Jamie Dornan, star of “Fifty Shades of Grey” plays the crazy stalker killer, but you’ll forget all about his horrible sex movie role when you watch him play cat and mouse with Gillian Anderson.

Derek
Critics: 71% Users: 91%

Ricky Gervais plays a quirky yet loyal nursing home care assistant who sees only the good in his co-workers as they struggle with their problems. Because of his childlike nature and diminished intelligence he’s vulnerable to being ridiculed and ostracized, but he’s lovable nonetheless. It’s not the typical entertainment you’d expect from Gervais, but you won’t be disappointed.

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp
Scores TBD

This one comes out on July 17th, so no consensus yet, but the ENTIRE cast of the original movie, including Paul Rudd, Amy Poehler and Bradley Cooper, is returning for an 8-episode prequel to this awesome classic.

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The actress who plays Yoga Jones was the voice of Patty Mayonnaise on Doug.

Bonus fact: You should be watching this show.

Pablo Schreiber, who plays “Pornstache” Mendez, is Liev Schrieber’s half-brother in real life.

Laverne Cox’s (Sophia) real-life twin brother played her pre-transition in the flashback sequence in Episode 3…

 …which was directed by Jodie Foster.

Yael Stone, who plays Morello, is Australian.

This is Crazy Eyes in real life (actress Uzo Aduba).

The bartender from Episode 7 is actress Lindsay Felton, who played Caitlin in Nickelodeon’s Caitlin’s Way.

This is the real Piper and Larry…

…who once had their closet redone and the space-saving process was documented for a magazine…

 …and Larry really wrote a Modern Love piece in The New York Times. This is it.

 There is an American Pie reference in the first episode of the series.

Red is actress Kate Mulgrew. You may may know her as Captain Kathryn Janeway from Star Trek…

…and there was a Star Trek reference between her and Nicky where she didn’t know who Spock was.

This guy from Episode 12 looks like Leonardo DiCaprio:

The scar we see on Nicky is a real scar from heart surgery Natasha Lyonne had in 2012.

Jason Biggs’ character was watching Weeds in one episode, which was created by this show’s creator Jenji Kohan…

…and Natasha Lyonne, Pablo Schreiber and Michael Harney all made appearances on Weeds.

Actress Taryn Manning, who plays Pennsatucky, is cousins with Eli and Peyton Manning…

…and was in the 2002 movie Crossroads.

 Laura Prepon and Lauren Lapkus were costars on NBC’s Are You There, Chelsea?

Taylor Schilling, who plays Piper, looks like Jared Leto.

Matt McGorry, who plays CO Bennet, used to be a body builder and personal trainer.

The entire cast is amazing and perfect.

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