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TIL in 2005 Tyler Greese, was diagnosed with a rare liver cancer where only 200 known cases in the entire US. insider.com Make a wish foundation granted him a wish of creating his own Yu- Gi-Oh card known as Tvler the Great Warrior

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rNA4x TIL that the "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis is currently being investigated for violence and coercion.
9wwKD TIL Major-General Charles George Gordon was a British Army officer who made his military reputation in China. He was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army" which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion. The Emperor of China promoted Gordon to the rank of tidu.
ANOnx TIL there is a cliff on Miranda (moon of Uranus) named Verona Rupes that is estimated to be 20km high. It is the tallest known cliff in the solar system and if you jumped off of it you would fall for about 12 minutes before hitting the ground due to the lower gravity.
Bgw8K TIL the last time a supernova (a powerful and luminous explosion of a star) was visible with the naked eye was in 1604. Known as "Kepler's Supernova", it was so bright it was visible during the day for a period of three weeks.
0w8Rp TIL that Franklin Roosevelt probably didn't have polio. His symptoms were more consistent with an autoimmune disorder called Guillain-Barre syndrome.