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TIL Steve Carell owns and operates a general store in Marshfield, Massachusetts.

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loVPA TIL the Ministry of Truth building in Nineteen Eighty-Four is inspired by a real structure - Senate House, the headquarters of the UK's Ministry of Information during WWII.
dDXWj TIL that the oldest and most exclusive Gentlemen's Club in London was founded in 1693 and is literally called "White's"
N7mO1 TIL in 1967 California State Senator Nicholas C. Petris proposed banning the use of internal combustion cars on California's roads by 1975.
QNQKa TIL than even if terminal velocity is around 53 m/s (190 km/h or 118 mph) for a skydiver, speed skiers can go faster than this. Record is Simon Billy (France) 255 km/h or 158.7 mph on March 22, 2023.
jNMEn TIL in 1946, a local chicken farmer offered 100 chicks for each homer the Nashua Dodgers hit. Newcomer Roy Campanella hit 14 in his first season and sent all 1,400 to his father who used them to start a thriving poultry farm. He also went on to become one of the first black major league players.