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TIL in the original BBC version of The Office, Ricky Gervais's character frequently used the phrase "as the actress said to the bishop" as an inappropriate joke. When the show was adapted for American audiences the phrase was translated to "that's what she says" for Steve Carell's Michael Scott

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N7XPQ TIL in the book Forrest Gump, Forrest was 6 foot 5, and cursed a lot, had a low iq and normal legs as a kid, he became a astronaut where he finds a ape named sue, they crash in the jungles and are captured by cannibals, Forrest farms shrimp in shallow pools and travel the world with Lt. Dan and sue
Lko0m TIL Stephen Hawking liked "The Theory Of Everything" so much that he allowed the filmmakers to use his trademarked computerized voice on it. He called the film "broadly true" and emailed the filmmakers that there were certain points when he thought he was watching himself, which left him tearful.
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XElJr TIL that in 2009, author Nevin Martell wrote a book about his quest to get an interview Bill Watterson. He ended up not getting one, but did get interviews with some of his family and friends. A few months after the book, Watterson did his first interview since the conclusion of Calvin and Hobbes.