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TIL that The Office line about "that sportscaster Marv Something, that bit that lady" refers to Marv Albert known as "the voice of basketball". He was fired from NBC in 1997 for pleading guilty to assaulting and biting more than 1 woman.

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PYpZG TIL one of the reasons why President Truman ordered the massive White House renovation in 1950 was that he nearly fell through the floors of his Residence in his bathub into a Daughters of the American Revolution reception in the Blue Room "wearing nothing but his reading glasses".
XELXj TIL Army vet Gregory Holeman needed a ride to the hospital but didn't know if Veterans Affairs covered an ambulance not pre-authorized. He asked his sister to call a social worker but she misdialed & Jimmy John's answered; JJ delivery driver Zack Hillmer (a U.S. Navy vet) drove him to the hospital.
QJaNE TIL the Prince of Egypt titular music "Let my People Go" was composed by Hans Zimmer(Transformers, the Rock, Inception, Nolan's Batman trilogy, Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2, etc.)
PYJnZ TIL George Washington borrowed The Law of Nations from the New York Society Library and didn't return it. Mount Vernon estate returned the book in 2010 (221 years overdue) after the Head librarian joked they were "not actively pursuing the overdue fines," they would appreciate having it back.
DQJmr TIL the heroines of the first Vietnamese independence movement were two sisters, Trung Trac and Trung Nhi, who led a rebellion (in 39-43 AD) against the Chinese Han-dynasty overlords and briefly established an autonomous state. They were finally defeated and committed suicide by drowning.