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TIL that Central Park in New York was once home to a thriving free black community called Seneca Village.

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16pgW TIL about the Hessdalen lights: These are unexplained lights that have been observed in the Hessdalen valley in Norway since the 1940s. The lights appear as floating orbs and have been witnessed by thousands of people over the years.
KYoaR TIL As part of a promotional campaign by Sega in the early 2000s, Fred Durst signed several Dreamcast consoles and battled other players in a UFC game. The campaign featured a magazine ad with a cartoon Fred Durst saying, "If you get your ass kicked, it's probably me on the other end of the line."
eVWJ TIL Stuart Copeland, drummer from the band “The Police” created the music for “Spyro the Dragon” on the original PlayStation.
9YLgG TIL about Ben Carlin, a badass Aussie who is the only person to have circumnavigated the entire globe in a single amphibious vehicle. The trek took 10 years to accomplish.
VMr9Z TIL Caesar Salad was invented in Mexico