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TIL that the actor in Scrubs that plays “Dr. Turner” that JD and Turk set up with Hooch is Tom Hank’s brother, Jim Hanks.

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p4pN TIL that royalty use ‘We’ to refer to themselves as a way of showing that they speak on behalf of themselves and the nation. In past times this was also used to indicate that they spoke on behalf of God.
oBBlA TIL that there is a desk full of candy in the US Senate
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