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TIL about Joybubbles, a blind man who at age 5 figured he could make free long distance phone calls by using his perfect pitch to whistle. He later went on to create a non profit where he called terminally ill children and talked to them paying for the call himself.

xVBXk TIL Paul Newman, Actor and Founder of Newman’s Own, also founded a summer camp called the Hole In The Wall Gang. It is a summer camp for seriously ill children of all ages, free of charge.
LkvJP TIL that in response to their manager complaining that they had no catchy summertime hit, Blink-182 responded "You want a fucking single? I'll write you the cheesiest, catchiest, throwaway fucking summertime single you've ever heard!" and released 'First Date,' which would become extremely popular.
rR97x TIL In 1943, a new volcano started growing in Hokkaido, Japan. The Imperial Japanese government censored the news because it considered this a bad wartime omen. Therefore, all we know about this volcano's development comes from the records local postmaster Masao Mimatsu made on his own volition.
4kADX TIL; Taylor Swift’s Eras tour performances at Lumen Field in Seattle on 22 and 23 July 2023 generated seismic activity equivalent of a 2.3 magnitude earthquake
nWDPB TIL Soon after signing to Fire, in November 1985, lead singer of Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, fell out of a window while trying to impress a girl with a Spider-Man impression and ended up in hospital, temporarily requiring the use of a wheelchair, in which he appeared during concerts.