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TIL John Cena holds the record for granting 650+ wishes for the Make-A-Wish Foundation

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jN8nQ TIL about USS William D Porter, the unluckiest Ship, accidentally fired a live torpedo towards a ship carrying FDR.
jNeYj TIL Although most Americans speak English, the United States has no official language.
8ePkP TIL That Alexander Keith Jr, the nephew of the famed Canadian brewer, was a US confederate spy, blew up a freighter with dynamite for insurance fraud, was blamed for missing ocean liners, and had his severed head on display until it was destroyed by German bombing
WepX TIL Tommy Chong ended up being Jordan Belfort’s cellmate and encouraged him to write down his life into The Wolf of Wall Street,
rNW6w TIL: Children with a foreign mother are four times more likely than other children in Norway to be forcibly taken from their families and the number of children taken into emergency care rose by 50% in just 5 years with the commonest reason for a care order nowbeing simply "lack of parenting skills"