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TIL after John Krasinski shot the pilot episode of "The Office," he went back to being a waiter for a bit. "I was sure nothing was going to happen with it."

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EgQXX TIL the longest boxing match ever was fought by Andy Bowen and Jack Burke on April 6, 1893. The 110 round contest would last 7 hours and 19 minutes and end after both fighters were unable to leave their corners. Burke broke all the bones in both of his hands and was bedridden for six weeks.
LL6Z TIL President Lyndon B. Johnson owned an amphibious car and would scare his guests by driving into a lake, screaming about brake failure.
nXd TIL that humans can reliably identify, by smell, blood relatives - but not husbands or wives. Preadolescent children can detect their full siblings but not half-siblings or step-siblings.
69BJQ TIL that a lady married an avatar on the Replika app. The pair tied the knot at a virtual city hall in an impromptu ceremony in March, which she said took place over a chatbot program and in her "imagination."
mx46x TIL that in 1996 a chemistry professor accidentally spilled a drop of organic mercury on her latex gloved hand. She died of mercury poisoning less than a year later.