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TIL John Cena holds the record for the most wishes granted through the Make-A-Wish foundation, coming in at 650

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Ov4g TIL in 1940 two Royal Australian Air Force training airplanes collided in mid-air, becoming locked together. As the aircraft were traveling in the same direction, they became an impromptu biplane and we’re landed safely by the pilot of the upper plane. There were no deaths.
EWwp TIL that at many military funerals, instead of a live bugler, a ceremonial bugle is used, which is an electronic device that is inserted into the bugle and plays a recording of Taps.
N8aJ TIL King Leonidas of Sparta was 60 years old at the Battle of Thermopylae.
jlJX TIL Officially know as the first famous bodybuilder and the father of modern bodybuilding, Eugene Sandow, born in 1867, immediately became a phenomenon with his unprecedented combination of muscle quality and strength. His beautifully symmetrical and densely muscular physique made him famous.
GAVv4 TIL of the South African Taxi Wars, an ongoing turf war by South African taxi operators over passengers and lucrative routes caused by an unregulated transportation industry.