"It all just comes together, you see," the actor responded when he found out about the unexpected family ties.Lacey Terrell/Sony Pictures EntertainmentThe actor, who plays Mister Rogers in the new movie about the beloved host, just discovered that they’re related. In a twist of fate that seems too good to be true, actor Tom Hanks discovered he’s related to another popular on-screen figure: Fred Rogers, who’s better known as Mister Rogers from the hit children’s show Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.

At the same time that the women's suffrage movement found renewed energy, the postcard became a powerful political tool that both suffragists and anti-suffragists alike exploited. This postcard wonders how a woman could even enter the polling booth what with all her clothing.Public Domain The majority of postcards that carried anti-suffrage messaging featured illustrations that had nothing to do with women's voting at all but rather signaled the true intent of the propaganda, which was to convince the public that women should stay in the home.

The public was lied to, soldiers were thrown into chaos, and politicians scrambled to twist the truth. It's no surprise then that these Vietnam War facts still stun today. In Vietnam, the war is known as “The War Against the Americans to Save the Nation.”Wikimedia Commons The U.S. used a weather weapon that could actually make it rain. “Operation Popeye” seeded clouds and deliberately extended the monsoon season to cause landslides and wash out river crossings.

We marvel the world over at this beautiful yearly phenomenon, but why it happens in the first place is not so pretty.Pixabay With the autumn season comes the gorgeous display of fall foliage. After the summer heat subsides, trees transform from a luscious green into a fiery display of red, orange, and yellow hues. The color-changing process is simply magical. But as with most phenomena in the world, there is a thorough scientific explanation of this magic, and consequently as to why leaves change color in the fall.

John Rogan: The Second Tallest Person Ever (And The Tallest Black American) Public DomainThe second tallest man to ever live, John Rogan is near the top of any list of the tallest people ever. Now that we’ve discussed the tallest person ever, the tallest man alive, and the tallest woman alive, let’s turn to some more of the tallest people in the world. Next up is John “Bud” Rogan, who — at 8 feet, 9 inches tall — is the second tallest person ever and the tallest Black American in the world.