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TIL That scientists raised fish to live on land to see how their bodies changed

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vP5D8 TIL John Cena holds the record for granting 650+ wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation
e0Q7D TIL that in 2016, boxing promoter John Carden scheduled a boxing match between a pro fighter with 10 matches under his belt and an intellectually disabled man who had never been in a boxing ring before. It was stopped after two rounds.
OG0a6 TIL 'Taco Tuesday' has been a registered trademark since 1989 by a Wyoming based fast-food company named Taco John's and they have defended against other establishments using the phrase.
4ooo TIL In the Bible, The New Testament mentions that from Heaven will descend an enormous city named New Jerusalem made of “pure gold, like clear glass” and gives its specific dimensions, 1.9 million square miles. If rested on the Earth, its ceiling would be inside the exosphere.
R7M7a TIL if you plant an apple seed, it will grow a tree but that tree will most likely not produce an apple of the same type that the seed came from. This is due to a horticultural phenomenon called 'unfixed hybrids', and most trees are grafted rather than grown true from seed.