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TIL that Trey, famous for his 'basketball game tomorrow' on Vine, did not only win the match, but also beat cancer after being diagnosed at just 11

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JZm8 TIL that tomatoes, although botanically a fruit, are legally a vegetable as a result of the 1893 Supreme Court case Nix v. Hedden, as “they are seen as vegetables because they are usually eaten as a main course instead of being eaten as a dessert.”
nWjZo TIL that the MPAA, the organization that rates movies in the U.S., is not a government entity. It’s a private organization that lobbies on behalf of the big 6 Hollywood studios and has very shady ethical practices regarding movie ratings.
YpGd7 TIL that NATO carried out airstrikes against Yugoslavia for 78 days from March 24, 1999 to June 10, 1999 and that the US codenamed the military operation "Operation Noble Anvil" despite its official codename "Operation Allied Force"
mxddO TIL That April 11, 1954 is officially the most boring and uneventful day of the 20th century, according to an extensive study of over 300 million events.
KwNa TIL there is a sandwich shop called the ‘Earl of Sandwich’ founded by the current Earl of Sandwich, and descendent of the inventor of the sandwich. Sandwich.