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TIL when NBC decided to air 'The Office' after the Super Bowl, execs encouraged the show's producers to cast celebrity guest stars. They booked Jack Black, Jessica Alba, and Cloris Leachman but instead of writing them in with the regular cast, they stared in a fake movie the cast watched.

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yQkOM TIL that in a creative writing assignment titled "Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapses", a student at a local High School predicted the Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse on November 6, 1940. The bridge collapsed November 7, 1940.
VMek4 TIL that Dollar Stores are more profitable than Target and Walmart by exploiting customer's math skills and inability to buy in bulk.
Eg9X7 TIL 1 in 8 American's Have Worked at a McDonald's
YxNP TIL that the ‘fact’ that 50% of marriages end in divorce is the result of poor scholarship. In reality, only 30% of first marriages end in divorce and only 20% end in divorce if the partners are educated and over 25 when wed.
MRL0 TIL that in Finland you are given a top hat and a sword when you get a PhD diploma.