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TIL that the certificate behind Michael Scott in The Office is not a degree/diploma, but a certificate of authenticity for a counterfeit “Seyko” timepiece.

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1aNZd TIL the way Americans speak pre-dates the way English speak. This is because "rhotic speech" spoken in America originally came from England, later the wealthy in order to be different adopted a soft "r", “win-tuh” instead of “win-terr”. It was "posh" to sound like that so everyone else copied them.
doNZ TIL that the guy who made the Wall Street “charging bull” statue still owns it, as it was originally Guerrilla Art.
BrBW TIL that after Hurricane Katrina, watermelons grew everywhere in St. Bernard Parish.
9mKr TIL that Leonardo da Vinci invented the Miter Lock in 1497, which is still in use today including in the Panama and Suez Canals.
DQdNv TIL the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach was a TV and Film location for dozens of projects including Goldfinger, Thunderball, Scarface, The Bodyguard, Tony Rome, and more