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TIL: Warren Buffett and Jimmy Buffett took a DNA test to see if they were related. The results came back negative, but the two men remained friends and continued to refer to each other as “Uncle Warren” and “Cousin Jimmy.”

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oBMwR TIL Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves has a directors cut where all 12 additional minutes are Alan Rickman's character being extra weird and it changes the tone of the movie.
Oolla TIL there was a flu which caused a global pandemic in 1968 and 1969 and led to millions of deaths. It remains in circulation today as a strain of the seasonal flu.
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