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TIL about Orlando Serrell, after being hit in the head at the age of 10 with a baseball he can recall the weather, where he was, and what he did every day since his accident

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R7lW4 TIL that surgeons removed 27 contact lenses from a 67-year-old woman's eye. She's quoted to have thought that the discomfort was just a part of aging. After an initial "lump" of 17 lenses was removed during prep for cataract surgery, 10 more were discovered.
1aQAd TIL of Carl Unthan (1848-1929), a Prussian violinist who was born without arms. At the age of 10, he taught himself to play the violin by strapping it to a stool. If he broke a string- he replaced it and tuned it using only his toes. He was also a skilled marksman, operating a rifle with his feet.
R7DDw TIL when Charlie Sheen came out as HIV positive, it led to a 95 percent increase in over the counter HIV home testing kits and 2.75 million searches on the topic, dubbed "The Charlie Sheen Effect." Some said that Sheen did more for awareness of HIV than most UN events.
A5Qg TIL - The phrases “no man is an island” and “for whom the bell tolls” both come from the same poem
b9LAZ TIL BAPE's name is supposed to be a dig at their customers. It means "A Bathing Ape in Lukewarm Water" - the lukewarm water implies that someone's been bathing too long and the water got cold, referencing the lazy opulence of the brand's customers.