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TIL Tom hanks is related to Abraham Lincoln through Lincoln’s mother Nancy Hanks

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oBXAE TIL a 1991 Soviet television adaptation of The Lord of the Rings thought to have been lost to time was rediscovered and posted on YouTube last week
loglN TIL There's a chain of cafés in The Netherlands called Brownies & Downies, where you are being served by people with Down syndrome.
0wBxN TIL in 2003 when the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington was in a cracked state from weathering, a retired used car salesmen purchased a $31,000 marble slab to donate for its repair. The donation was rejected by Congress in part because it didn’t go through a competitive bidding process.
ne4aB TIL: some scientists believe that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has killed over one million people and health effects are still occurring, especially in children
LlD0 TIL that AMC only allowed Breaking Bad to use the word ‘fuck’ once per season, leading to lengthy discussions among the show’s writers about where it could be best deployed. (Vince Gilligan interview, starting at 21 minute mark)