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TIL in 2016 Ryan Reynolds surprised terminally-ill cancer patient & Deadpool Superfan Connor McGrath with the 1st screening of Deadpool in his hospital room. Ryan called him "the funniest, potty-mouthed Canadian mercenary I've ever met" and they became friends before Connor sadly passed weeks later

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0m4L TIL when three men with machetes came into an African orphanage at night, a man named Omari took a hammer to fight all three at once. He survived after getting hit in the face with a machete, and saved all of the children. His story, first shared on Reddit, helped raise $83,000 for the orphanage.
4Xj9N TIL, Ming-Na Wen who is well known for role as Dr. Jing-Mei Chen in ER, was pregnant with her first child in 2000. As a result, she continued to act and her pregnancy was written into the E.R. script, with her character giving up the child for adoption, following her child's birth on November 2000.
WkRJX TIL that the north pole is actually the "magnetic south pole" and what we call the south pole is actually the "magnetic north pole". I've been living a lie my whole life.
4xL5 TIL that It was rumored that the Apple Inc. logo had a bite taken from it to represent the poison apple that computer scientist and mathematician, Alan Turing, allegedly laced with cyanide to kill himself with. The designer has said, it wasn’t, but “It’s a wonderful urban legend.”
lmor TIL Dogs will stare at their owners while they poop because they know they are vulnerable and want you to fend off threats while they do their business.