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TIL that The Office was supposed to have a spin-off entitled The Farm based around Dwight, but it was turned down by studio execs.

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ny09 TIL in 2008, as part of a float, Rick Astley “Rick Roll’d” the entire Macy’s Day Parade.
yVQ0w TIL that the first visit of a sitting US President to Mexico didn’t occur until 1909
WZ14 TIL in 1985 an F-15 fighter jet successfully shot down a satellite with a missile; by 1998, there were still 8 trackable pieces in orbit
w4jY TIL The internet speed at NASA is 91Gb per second. Making it 2,000 times faster than the average household connection speed of 50Mb.
6E57J TIL In Thailand, it was considered a capital offense punishable by death if someone touched the queen. in 1880, The queen drowned when her royal boat capsized on the way to the Palace. The many witnesses to the accident did not dare to touch the queen while she was drowning.