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TIL A kid used his Make-A-Wish to create a video game to help other young cancer patients cope with chemotherapy and fighting cancer.

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kODeg TIL when the Miami Marlins built their new stadium, they consulted NASA to make sure no one could hit a home run more than 500 feet. Aaron Judge hit one 513 feet at the Home Run Derby in 2017.
9wWJB TIL Theologian and paleontology pioneer William Buckland conducted the first ever reconstructions of prehistoric food chains by studying fossilised feces. Through observation alone he figured out the diet habits and anatomy of species like the ichthyosaur
6E9VZ TIL the Lyrebird can mimic the sounds of other animals as well as unnatural sounds, like chainsaws.
5Y9AR TIL The number of aircraft destroyed during WWII is greater than the number of aircraft that currently exist in the entire world today.
oBpg8 TIL that a "rain check" was originally a ticket given to a spectator at an outdoor event interrupted by rain that provided admission to a later event (instead of a refund), but has since become an informal term for a request to reschedule any event.