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

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awrLy TIL that when coffee first appeared in the Ottoman Empire, it was considered a drug and its consumption was forbidden
V4ZZ TIL The only known armed Nazi military operation on North American soil, in October of 1943, was installation of Weather Station Kurt by a German u-boat team. It was accidentally discovered in 1977.
OGgD1 TIL Sherlock Holmes was inspired by a real physician the author had worked for. The inspiration, Dr. Joseph Bell, had excellent observation skills & would draw broad conclusions based upon them.
oRmO7 TIL US Space Force members are called 'Guardians' and they are organized into 'Deltas'
neR09 TIL famed historical detective novelist Anne Perry helped murder her best friend's mother at the age of 15. The story became the basis of the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures, directed by Peter Jackson and starring Kate Winslet and Melanie Lynskey in their feature film debuts.