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TIL the actor Leslie Baker, known for playing disgruntled paper salesman Stanley Hudson in "The Office," inadvertently prepped for the role by portraying an office worker in OfficeMax commercials while in graduate school.

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awl7o TIL that Julia Child’s first job was with the US Office of Strategic Services (predecessor to the CIA) during WWII. One of her accomplishments was developing a recipe for shark repellant for the OSS. Her husband was also OSS when they met. The CIA has released her files to the public.
VQLZ TIL that the number of fires in the US declined more than 50% from 1981 to 2011, due to reduced smoking and fire-resistant materials, and that only 5% of calls for firefighters are now fires
XEP7j TIL that paramedics are trained not to run to patients, as walking keeps them calmer on arrival and more likely to take in the situation.
ZQnY TIL that a 2015 study found that people posting duck face pictures are more likely to be associated with neuroticism and emotional instability.
GYEYg TIL of "Penis Fencing", where two hermaphroditic flatworms battle each other with their dagger-like penises to determine which one will stab the other and inject them with their sperm