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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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P7JZ TIL the Tupac “hologram” was actually just the same sixteenth century magic trick Disneyland has used in The Haunted Mansion for over 50 years.
88jX TIL Robert Englund, AKA Freddie Kruger, recommended to Mark Hamill that he audition for the role of Luke Skywalker
dv8E TIL basketball legend Tim Duncan was a teenage champion swimmer in the Virgin Islands. When Hurricane Hugo destroyed the island’s only Olympic-sized swimming pool in 1989, Duncan was forced to swim in the ocean and he quickly lost his enthusiasm for swimming because of his fear of sharks
yQRBw TIL, in 1839, Charles Goodyear accidentally created Vulcanized Rubber when he dropped some rubber on a hot stove with sulfur, hardening it, making it much more durable.
7rv0x TIL Ted Cassidy, best known as Lurch on the original Addams Family series, was 6 feet and 9 inches tall. He died from a botched surgery to remove a tumor on his heart, which resulted from the condition acromegaly that caused his iconic voice, facial structure and height.