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TIL Plymouth Rock, where the Pilgrims allegedly landed the Mayflower in the USA in 1620, is literally just a rock, not a cliff or mountain or island or something.

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ADoV7 TIL in 1054, Chinese astronomers noted a bright "guest star" in Taurus that was visible in the daytime for 3 weeks and didn't completely fade out for almost two years. The "guest star" was actually the supernova explosion that created the Crab Nebula, which is located some 6,500 light-years away.
yVGaV TIL that 40% of the population of Deerfield, Massachusetts, was kidnapped in 1704, mostly women and children.
E1mOw TIL Humans are bioluminescent. Our visible light is 1000 times weaker than what our naked eye can detect. However, images of this glow have been captured by Masaki Kobayashi of Tohoku Institute of Technology, using a specialized sensitive camera.
e00o5 TIL there is a native crocodile species in North America
DQgoV TIL the 1978 Saturday Night Live song "King Tut" with Steve Martin was one of the most expensive sketches the show had attempted at the time. Producer Lorne Michaels put everything behind the production.