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TIL when reruns of The Office(US) season 3 episodes 12 (Traveling Salesmen) and 13 (The Return) aired in 2007 they were combined into a single episode NBC called a "newpeat." It was re-edited to add new scenes (from web content) but some scenes were cut.

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