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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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JPdV TIL that Penn Station was actually once an elegant, beautiful building that was torn down in the 1960s, which caused such outrage that it led to the historical preservation of many of New York’s buildings today.
loNmV TIL that Phil Perry, performer of the "Goof Troop" theme song, was scheduled to perform a lunch-hour jazz concert to promote a new album inside the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001.
69oLm TIL chiropractic is considered a pseudoscientific alternative medicine, and chiropractors are not considered primary care providers. Its original founder, D.D. Palmer, claimed he received it from "the other world", from a doctor who'd died 50 years prior.
Z8Ddo TIL an Arkansas man reportedly had his kidneys fail after drinking a gallon of black tea a day. This is the equivalent to 16 cups. Black tea contains Oxalate which is known to cause kidney stones at excessive amounts.
G5dE TIL, on 9/11, the town of Garner, Newfoundland’s population swelled by 2/3’s due to 39 rerouted grounded planes. The town only has 550 hotel beds, so the population housed the stranded passengers in their own homes.