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TIL that Terry Fox was a 21 year old one-legged cancer patient who ran 3339 miles across Canada in 143 days before dying to raise money and awareness for cancer research. The Terry Fox Foundation has raised over $715 million as of today to support cancer research.

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KOO1E Your brain is likely reverse-engineering a reason
wGl6 TIL the first stage of Saturn V was fueled by kerosene, produced 215 million horsepower, and got 5 inches to the gallon
ram4 TIL El Duce, member of shock-rock band the Mentors, passed a polygraph test after telling sources Courtney Love offered him money to kill Kurt Cobain. Later, he claimed to know who committed the murder; he was found dead two days later. (More links inside)
Wkk48 TIL the accusations of Facebook secretly eavesdropping on their users’ conversations to better target advertising to those users was started by a mass communications professor who later denied the claim
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