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TIL a video game based off the TV show ‘The Office" was made. It wasn’t a big success (gameplay video in comments).

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p8oZQ TIL that Memorial Necrópole Ecumênica is the tallest cemetery in the world with restaurants, concert hall and gardens. It has 32 floors with 150 tombs in each floor. It offers a three year burial option which costs between between $5,900 and $21,000.
ymXp TIL the Fairness Doctrine was removed in 1987. It required news broadcasters to both present controversial issues of public importance and to do so in a manner that was honest, equitable, and balanced.
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