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TIL that there are over 3 million "geocaches" worldwide. Small containers holding trinkets and a note that players find using Geocaching Apps or GPS devices. But you must avoid uncovering them in front of the "Muggles" People who are unaware of geocaching and may disturbed the hidden cache.

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Ege0 TIL In 1945 Frank Sinatra cancelled a $10,000 gig and traveled to Gary, Indiana to convince white high school students striking against integration to return to school. Sinatra called it “the most shameful incident in the history of American education.”
yQNNa TIL:'A True Hero' Patrick Kilonzo Mwalua from Kenya; travels with his truck, containing 3000 gallons of water, everyday, to help thirsty animals that have been suffering due to the drought.
PYxwO TIL In Okinawa, Japan, a place where the average life expectancy for women is around 90, the oldest in the world, people form a kind of social network called a moai — a group of five friends who offer social, logistic, emotional and even financial support for a lifetime.
8aMVZ TIL Pornhub has participated in numerous philanthropic endeavours and raised $75,000 for breast cancer research after promising to donate one penny for every thirty views in the "big tit" or "small tit" in the month of October 2012.
grVX4 TIL that in 2008, American rapper "50 Cent" sued Taco Bell for $4 million, alleging the fast-food chain used his name and persona without permission in a marketing campaign that urged him to change his stage name to "79 Cent," "89 Cent," or "99 Cent" to promote their value menu.