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TIL that Penny Mordaunt, leader of the House of Commons, is actress Angela Lansbury's first cousin twice removed

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7JPp Til Kevin Smith is Vice President of The Wayne Foundation, which fights against sex trafficking and exploitation of children. The name was his idea.
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