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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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pYAWQ TIL that during WW2, for over a year, the British and the Germans had independently discovered how to jam each others' radar. But they decided not to use it, for fear of giving the tactic away to the other side.
QNNW9 TIL Marty McFly's return trip to 1985 in Back to the Future was originally planned to occur at a nuclear test site explosion. Producers opted not to use the idea due to being too expensive to produce.
MgEW TIL following the Volstead Act that began the Prohibition, crime rose by 24%, drug addiction by 44%, and federal expenditure on prisons rose by a staggering 1000%
Lo5p TIL A 12-year-old girl was arrested, handcuffed, and detained at a police precinct for several hours for doodling on her desk in class.
w9bJ TIL the Smokey Bear Statute of 1952 is a real federal statute, complete with rules like no wisecracking in the Smokey Bear costume.