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TIL that after Steve Carell left “The Office,” James Gandolfini of the “Sopranos” was reportedly offered the role and turned it down.

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Y7dmv TIL only three women in US history (Maggie Hassan, Kelly Ayotte, Jeanne Shaheen) have been elected both as Governor and US Senator. All three are from New Hampshire.
4kDdX TIL: Two healthy teenagers injected elemental mercury hoping to turn their bones to metal after seeing X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Fortunately none had any serious repercussion aside of lengthy recovery.
np19 TIL North and South Dakota are two different states because they couldn’t agree on where the capital should be.
JBVQ TIL that almost every successful pop song in the last 20 years was written by one man, Max Martin. He has a net worth of $250,000,000.
By9W TIL in 1901 a pregnant Madame Bobin fell ill and “died”. Later, when her body was exhumed they found that not only had Bobin been buried alive, but she gave birth while inside the coffin before eventually asphyxiating.