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TIL that WWE superstar John Cena has granted over 300 wishes for the Make-A-Wish foundation.

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wW5P TIL in 1940 two RAAF training planes collided in mid-air and as a result, locked together and formed a de-facto biplane. The “biplane” was landed safely by the pilot of the upper plane; there were no casualties.
oAZK TIL Canada is part of the European Space Agency
bBB9 TIL In the heat of a battle in the Spanish-American war, Former Confederate cavalry hero General Joseph Wheeler allegedly cried “To hell with the Yankees! Dammit, I mean the Spainards.”
xVrlw TIL Iowa had a professional NBA team in 1950
vyGB TIL that in the 1850s, the Xhosa killed all their cattle and burned all their crops because “the spirits told them to”. ~40,000 people starved to death.