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TIL Stanley from The Office is an aspiring pop artist. His first single was entitled “2 Be Simple”.

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Rx51 TIL that as production for American Beauty began, DreamWorks approached twenty established directors, including several A-listers, all who turned down the project before they agreed to let Sam Mendes, a theater director, do it. It won Best Picture and Mendes won Best Director at the 2000 Oscars.
4X7ON TIL Gabriel García Márquez refused to use adverbs ending in -mente in his [Spanish] book "Love in the Time of Cholera", so he requested that his English translator Edith Grossman omit any use of adverbs enging in -ly.
wLL6 TIL that Rastafaris say “I and I” because they consider all people to be equal, instead of saying “We”.
ANX7d TIL of chiengora, a luxury wool made out of dog's hair. It's up to 80% warmer than regular sheep's wool
7rVDp TIL about Carlos Kaiser, The greatest striker who never scored a goal in 25-year career. He was a conman who tricked football clubs into signing him, but always faked injuries to avoid playing and getting caught.