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TIL Jon Hamm taught drama at his old high school. One of his students was Ellie Kemper, Erin from The Office.

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oRj8W TIL that DJK Florsheim, an amateur football team competing in the 10th division of German football, fielded an entire team of "Kurtanovic". All of whom are family, including the 50 year old uncle, Ibrahim.
X0vgR TIL in 1970 one monkey's head was transplanted to the headless body of another monkey. Although the monkey was now paralyzed from neck down, they could still hear, smell, taste, eat and follow objects with its eyes. Died in 9 days because of immune rejection.
M7Nx0 TIL a volcano caused the creation of Frankenstein. Indonesia's Mt. Tambora erupted in 1815, and the next summer was Europe's coldest on record. Shelley, Byron, & friends were on vacation but had to stay inside, so they came up with scary stories, such as "Frankenstein", and the modern vampire.
Xa9D TIL Lieutenant “Mad” Jack Churchill was the only soldier of WWII to kill a man with a longbow, and the first to go into battle with one in hundreds of years. He did this while also armed with a broadsword and bagpipes, which he played while killing enemies.
VAG TIL Dave Chappelle’s grandfather really was in the Tuskegee experiments.