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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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16grD TIL There are an estimated 26 million sheep in New Zealand. The total human population in New Zealand is 5.1 million people. That's 5 sheep for every human in New Zealand.
W7gjX TIL Space Poop Challenge, a 2016 contest sponsored by NASA for new designs of space toilet systems for use in space suits, requesting "proposed solutions for fecal, urine, and menstrual management systems to be used in the crew’s launch and entry suits over a continuous duration of up to 144 hours".
OGayY TIL that a fire destroyed most of Harvard Library’s collection in 1764. Only a small number of books were spared, including 144 that were checked out at the time. One of these books was found and returned in 1997!
xdAb TIL there are cell phones specifically designed to hide in your butt
7rM1r TIL that chariot racer Gaius Appuleius Diocles is the highest paid athlete of all-time with an amassed fortune of $15 billion.