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TIL that MDMA, better known as Ecstasy, was named and popularized by Father Michael Clegg, a Catholic Priest

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GY8og TIL there were plans to have a spinoff show of "The Office" with Dwight Schrute running a bed-and-breakfast and beet farm. It was never picked up, but the pilot was filmed and later added into the ninth season of the show, titled "The Farm".
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