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TIL that actors Warren Beatty and Shirley MacLaine are siblings.

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LkerZ TIL that the Latin word for left hand is "sinister". This prejudice against left-handed people eventually made the word sinister mean evil and threatening.
aBKA TIL that January 6th is known as “Little Women’s Christmas” in parts of Ireland. Traditionally, this is the one day a year that husbands would do housework and their wives would go to the pub instead. It is still common for Irish women to have a “girls night out” tonight.
5YQbR TIL Bob Barker plans to die broke after giving all his money to Animal Foundations/Rescues
6EelZ TIL a therapy cat named Oscar predicted the impending death of some 50 terminally ill patients by napping next to them a few hours before they died. After he accurately predicted 25 deaths, staff started calling family members of residents as soon as they discovered him sleeping close to someone
9nRB TIL the Tiananmen Square tank man during 1989 was not actual stopping the tanks to go attack the protesters, the tanks were actually going back to their barracks because the massacre happened the day before.