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TIL St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded in 1962 by comedian Danny Thomas. He promised St. Jude that if he made him successful, he would one day build him a shrine. The hospital has since become a leader in the study and treatment of children’s cancer. St. Jude got his shrine.

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