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TIL that sibling actors John and Joan Cusack have appeared in 10 movies together: Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Say Anything, (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Cradle Will Rock. Their sister Ann also appeared in Grosse Pointe Blank.

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X0kxQ TIL at the start of WWII, allied forces in Dunkirk were cut off and surrounded by German troops and awaiting capture, as there weren't enough naval ships to evacuate them. Within 8 days, a hastily assembled fleet of over 800 civilian ships arrived and evacuated 338,226 troops.
xVj90 TIL when their records stopped selling, Sonny and Cher performed a lounge act but it was so depressing, people started heckling them. Cher started heckling back. The heckling revived their act and they got offered a TV show in 1971, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour, and reached a whole new peak of fame
eL5J TIL Kristen Wiig was almost Sweet Dee on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Kaitlin Olson and Wiig were neck-and-neck for the part, with the role ultimately going to Olson. Kristen Wiig joined SNL later that same year.
jK4p TIL that six years of work by one man, underwater and in total darkness, saved Winchester Cathedral from collapse.
kOYJe TIL that in 1998, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, lightning struck in the field during a football (soccer) match. 11 people died, all of the same team. The players from the other team were left unharmed. The whole thing even led to accusations of cursing and witchcraft.