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Til that Sam Kinnison was training Jim Carrey to go on the road with him as a Pentecostal preacher.

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BrlAe TIL that C.S. Lewis died on the same day as the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, resulting in Lewis's death being overshadowed by Kennedy's.
lokK5 TIL that there is an extremely rare neurological disorder known as "Foreign Accent Syndrome"; persons of any culture, with no prior history of living in a foreign country or speaking its language, can start speaking with a perfect version of its accent, typically after a traumatic brain incident.
WJv8 TIL that Woody Harrelson is a vegan, and so on the set for Zombieland he didn’t actually eat any regular twinkies. Instead, a special vegan version from cornflour was made.
8NZL TIL: Seven people across the world will hold a keycard which when put together will reboot the key part of the World Wide Web should a security breach, natural disaster or terrorist attack disable it.
vP8bj TIL the first possible tornado report in the United States occurred in July 1643. The report was recorded by Massachusetts Governor and weather enthusiast John Winthrop, who observed a sudden gust that whipped up dust, lifted his meeting house, and killed a nearby observer with a fallen tree.