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TIL in the UK, kitchen appliances are referred to as "white goods"

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x65Lb TIL Miklós Lászlós play Parfumerie was the basis of the movies The Shop Around the Corner, In the Good Old Summertime, and You Got Mail, and the musical She Loves Me, among other adaptations; all based around two people who hate each other in person but fall in love via correspondence.
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