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TIL Meredith Baxter and Michael Gross, who played the parents on the 1980s sitcom "Family Ties," were born on the exact same date - June 21, 1947.

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Lk1Y9 TIL that when Yuri Gagarin visited Manchester, it was pouring rain. He however insisted that the roof of his convertible remain down and refused an umbrella, saying that 'If all these people have turned out to welcome me and can stand in the rain, so can I'.
ADWv4 TIL Spielberg initially considered making Schindler's List entirely in German and Polish, but decided "there's too much safety in reading [subtitles]. It would have been an excuse [for the audience] to take their eyes off the screen and watch something else."
dWVd TIL that an 18-year-old Florida girl is serving 2 years under house arrest for having a lesbian relationship with her 15-year-old girlfriend.
VB1OD TIL about the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a non-stop, single-handed, round-the-world yacht race held in 1968-69. Of the 9 participants: 4 retired before leaving the Atlantic Ocean, one retired after Cape Horn, one sank, one committed suicide, one abandoned it, and only one completed the race
wL0GW TIL on June 3, 1980, seven tornadoes touched down in or near Grand Island, Nebraska