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TIL that Tom Hanks and Mister Rogers are sixth cousins. In 2019, Tom Hanks played Fred Rogers in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Days before the movie was released, Hanks found out that they both share the same great-great-great-great-great grandfather.

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XE1A8 TIL Beck Weathers was left for dead twice after falling into coma while climbing Everest. At some point, his body warmed up and he regained consciousness. Blind, numb and severly frostbitten, he stumbled 300yd into Camp IV. He was saved in the 2nd highest altitude helicopter rescue in history.
W75QN TIL In an effort to boost the declining birth rate, some Chinese provinces are offering 30 days of paid "marriage leave" to young newlyweds.
nWG1o TIL about Dick Stevenson, the legendary Canadian bartender who invented the “sour toe” cocktail. The drink contains a mummified human toe and in when Dick died 5 years ago, his will stated that all 10 of his toes be used in making sour toe cocktails.
lo9WG TIL CBS was supposed to use the song 'One Shining Moment' after Super Bowl XXI but game coverage ran long and the music montage was cut, so they used it after the NCAA Men's Division I National Championship Game a few months later and it's now been a March Madness staple for more than 30 years.
DZEJ TIL In 1956 Britain, France, and Israel invaded Egypt to get back the Suez Canal. Despite being a military success and having minor losses, it had so much political fallout that most historians consider it the end of Britain as a superpower.