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TIL Kevin Spacey's brother is a Rod Stewart impersonator

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7rkVL TIL that each year the Netherlands sends 20,000 tulip bulbs to Canada as a thank you for aiding in the WWII
VBrl4 TIL the eruption of Krakatoa led to climate disruption, including Los Angeles receiving 38.18 inches of rain the following year, over three times the average.
v1QpR TIL of the unlucky voyage of Soyuz 23, a Soviet spacecraft that unintentionally "splashed-down" in a frozen lake. They spent nine hours in the cabin waiting to be lifted out of the water, and an additional two hours before the responders realized they were alive inside
gQlW Request for identification of frequent TILs reposts. Provide TIL reddit link as a top-level comment.
0OQL TIL Tom Hanks was asked how he wanted Michael Conner Humphreys (Young Forrest) to speak so that there was continuity from young Forrest to grown up Forrest. Instead, Tom decided to imitate Humphreys’ thick Mississippi accent, and thus the iconic Gump accent was born.