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TIL Steve Carell never watched more than 10 minutes of the original Office , for fear of copying Gervais’ character.

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KYyJR TIL Sonic Youth’s highly experimental 2000 album NYC Ghosts & Flowers was the result of the bands irreplaceable guitars and effects pedals being stolen in 1999.
xV9Nk TIL that an 18-year-old girl called Rae Heim ran across America almost entirely barefoot. She only wore shoes on some hard terrain. She ran 3,437.5 miles in 8 months and raised more than $10,000 for charity. She started running barefoot at 16 after breaking a big toe, and kept it up after it healed.
4XVQX TIL Michael Jackson couldn't read or write music. Instead, he fully realized music in his head and recorded himself singing the different parts on a cassette recorder.
D1Egg TIL David Bowie didn’t actually perform the crystal ball spinning in the movie Labyrinth. It was illusionist Michael Moschen who dressed in black and hid behind Bowie when filming.
N7d76 TIL: A janitor at Kodak in the 1980s rose to be the company’s Chief Technology Officer