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TIL that Tom Cruise went to seminary school and wanted to become a Catholic priest, until he was booted for stealing the priests’ booze.

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161Q4 TIL that in 1977, two Soviet cosmonauts set a space endurance record by spending 96 days in orbit — but lost half their muscle mass, couldn’t walk for days, and needed to be carried out of their capsule.
oRpRK TIL before becoming a renowned writer, Eudora Welty worked as a photographer for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930s, documenting rural life in Mississippi. Her photography often reflected the same keen observation of people and their environments as her fiction.
KOb5E TIL President Coolidge and his wife had a pet raccoon named Rebecca who lived with them in the White House. Rebecca was supposed to be eaten for 1926 Thanksgiving dinner, but they adopted her instead.
N7G0e TIL of fatal insomnia, a cruel disease that leads to months of sleepless nights, terrible exhaustion and eventual death. There is no known cure.
oBkNA TIL about Lakshmi Tatma, an Indian girl born with four arms and four legs. Named after a Hindu goddess often depicted as four-armed, the girl became worshipped, and a circus offered to buy her. After a 27-hour surgery done by thirty surgeons, done for free, Lakshmi's extra limbs were removed.