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TIL that Saturday Night Live has a branch show abroad SNL Korea

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ne5gG TIL that the word, “Robot” comes from the Czech word for slave, “Robotnik”. The word first appeared in a translation of Czech playwright Karel Čapek’s 1920 sci-fi drama titled “RUR”.
Zjxp TIL that J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, Harold Ramis, Jon Favreau, Bryan Cranston, and Jason Reitman all directed at least one episode of The Offce
BNLx TIL that at NBC’s insistence, the pilot of “Friends” was rewritten to include an older character who could give the young adults advice: Pat the Cop. The new script was so bad that it was scrapped.
m1P9E TIL subway isn’t legally allowed to call its bread “bread” in Ireland. They consider it “cake”
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