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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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NvyQ TIL of Balloonfest ‘86, a publicity stunt where the United Way of Cleveland released 1.4 million balloons over the city. The balloons tied up highway and air traffic, caused lawsuits seeking millions in damages, and interfered with a Coast Guard search for two boaters who were later found drowned.
EK7V TIL a man faked his death, lived next door without his kids knowing, fled to Panama with his wife on a fake passport, tried to build a hotel using his insurance money, after a visa policy change he returned home and pretended not to remember anything; his ruse was revealed by a Google search
v1pjK TIL The WWII German submarine U-69's official crest contained the phrase (in German) Tally ho! with signal flags for the letters L M A...which stand for exactly what you think it stands for. Nice.
9dEX TIL Rome and Carthage ended their 2100 year war in 1985 when the mayors of the respective cities signed a peace treaty.
lGy5 TIL that “Gropecunt Lane”, was an official street name given to those streets in medieval England where prostitution took place, because it was normal practice for a medieval street name to reflect the street’s function or economic activity taking place within it.