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TIL that the name Obi Wan Kenobi is an homage to samurai. The word Obi is the sash belt for a kimono, ken the word for sword, and wan which sounds like the character san.

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XE4pE 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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