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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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