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TIL "Parks and Recreation" was initially supposed to be a spin-off of "The Office" as requested by NBC. One idea was a broken copy machine from Scranton would break down in an episode of The Office and then end up in Pawnee, making the office equipment the spun-off character.

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gr1b9 TIL 4 US Presidents were male cheerleaders.
YANd TIL that the boxing announcer who came up with that catchphrase “let’s get ready to rumble” trademarked the phrase and has made more than $400 million by licensing it.
awnPM TIL of the Mace Kingsley Ranch, a Scientology Private School where students were forced to do hard labor and the director, Wally Hanks, would punish the students with beatings (he was caught on audio tape). The school shut down in 2002.
W7EGX TIL That companies AMD and Nvidia who are competitors, do not fabricate their own semiconductor chips, and actually hire the same company for fabrication, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
1agn8 TIL Former Triple Crown winner American Pharoah has sex 3 times a day everyday and his owners charge a fee of $200,00. This leads to an annual revenue of about $30,000,000.