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TIL John Cena has granted over 250 Make-A-Wish foundation wishes, the most of any person in history.

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8dBb TIL of Steve Comisar, who sold a ‘solar-powered clothes dryer’ for $39.99. Customers would then receive a clothesline.
9Yyjm TIL: In Bronx Zoo, a pigmy man was put in cage by the so called scientific community for others to see and he was considered less than a human. This continued till the man killed himself.
Ok0R TIL in that Quebec, Sweden and Norway it is illegal to advertise to children. This to keep companies from encouraging children to beg their parents for stuff.
neyGb TIL that in 2018 Philip Morris, the maker of Marlboro, created a campaign and paid a full-page ad saying its New Year resolution was to give up cigarettes and help those who can't quit smoking to change to better alternatives.
QNAp TIL there’s a Puzzle Alarm Clock that shoots three puzzle pieces into the air and it’s your job to collect them to turn the alarm off!