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TIL Justin Bieber holds the record for the most wishes granted by any musician, having fulfilled over 300 wishes for children with critical illnesses through the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

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N7lLM TIL - The country of Vanuatu has an underwater post office. It is located "50m offshore" and is 3m below the surface. The post office even has a special cancellation stamp that can be used underwater!
LkkDQ TIL of Leo Major, a French Canadian soldier, one of three Commonwealth soldiers to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal twice in two separate wars - the first for single-handedly liberating the City of Zwolle in WWII; the second for defending Hill 355 with 18 men against 14 000 Chinese in Korea.
grvOL TIL that Charles Goodell, father of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, was chosen to fill Robert F. Kennedy's Senate seat after his assassination.
KYGBw TIL about Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln, a Jewish Hungarian-born adventure and convicted con artist who lived as a Protestant missionary, Anglican priest, British M.P., German politician and spy, Nazi collaborator, and self-proclaimed Dalai Lama.
gMGmA TIL Jerry Seinfeld had a small recurring role in the sitcom 'Benson' playing Frankie, a mail-delivery boy w/ comedy routines no one wanted to hear. Seinfeld was abruptly fired from the show due to creative differences. He was not told, showed up for a read-through, finding no script for him.