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TIL that the guppy fish was named after British-born naturalist Lechmere Guppy

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VBAl8 TIL Swedish mass-immigration to the USA began in the mid-1840s and peaked in 1887 with over 46,000 registered emigrants that year. Out of the 1.3 million Swedes who emigrated to the US, approximately one-fifth returned to their homeland
D1Bg TIL the unique taste of NYC pizza is attributed to the city’s water
5VdEn TIL that Metallica's 1998 cover of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" was recorded closer in time to the original 1976 live version than it is to the present day.
eObE TIL: 59 years ago Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat. But 59 years and 9 months ago Claudette Colvin did the same thing, but the black community leaders didn’t publicize it because she was an unwed pregnant teen and didn’t want her to be the face of the cause.
WkkWY Investigating diseases of prehistory