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TIL that comedian and actor Tracy Morgan was in several scenes in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind but was left out of the final cut of the movie.

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e0gkD TIL two Gemini astronauts died when their plane crashed into the building where their spacecraft was being assembled. One astronaut was decapitated, and his head was found in the rafters of the building
OGx4Y TIL There's a Federal Railroad Administration which allows you to report when and where trains have blocked a crossing for unreasonable amounts of time.
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