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TIL that John Cleese looks exactly like his dad.

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9wnAr TIL gelatinous blobs rained from the sky over Oakville, Washington in 1994, reportedly causing illness in people and killing animals.
wLkRP TIL a drunk Norwegian with an air gun hijacked a plane in 1985, with demands to speak to the prime minister. After consuming the plane's entire beer supply, he surrendered his weapon to authorities in exchange for more beer. There were no deaths or injuries.
P1a5g TIL of a spider that presents from behind a tough, flat, circular shield resembling the cover of a manhole. The ravine trapdoor spider is the common name of a rare, oddly shaped North American spider. This spider looks as though the end of its abdomen, rear segment of the body, had been sliced off.
e0ee4 TIL Taylor Energy is responsible for an oil spill that has been flowing for the last 14 years and there is no signs of it stopping anytime soon.
aw5nA TIL of Hanawon, a facility in South Korea which helps North Korean defectors adjust to life in the South. They are taught how to drive and use an ATM, and taken on field trips to food courts and get haircuts.