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TIL Keanu Reeve’s mother was a stripper and his father was a drug dealer

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R78K8 TIL Peter Capaldi wrote and starred in a video as the 12th Doctor. This video was aimed at an autistic boy who had just lost his grandmother. By all accounts, the video gave the young boy enough courage to attend the funeral of his grandmother.
6o5Y TIL that NASA flew an F-106B through 1,496 thunderstorms on purpose to improve aviation lightning protection standards. It was hit by lightning 714 times.
1aZ44 TIL in the civil war, the commander of the Union "lightning brigade" personally took out a loan to buy his soldiers advanced new repeating rifles because the government would not supply them. Using the firepower advantage afforded by the new rifles, his brigade proved extremely effective in combat.
71nP TIL During WWI, On christmas of 1914, the british and germans lay down their weapons, crossed no man’s land, and joined each other to celebrate. They exchanged food, played games, sang songs, and even attended burials for each side. This was seen as a symbolic moment during the conflict.
BgvBD TIL I learned the CIA directly influences the production of movies and Hollywood since 1946