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TIL the first Polish settlers arrived in Jamestown in 1608 - twelve years before the Pilgrims arrived in Massachusetts. They were skilled artisans brought by Captain John Smith. In 1619, they were not given voting rights and so led a strike, which is the first documented labor protest in the U.S.

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xVV71 TIL both the first and last rulers of Rome were named Romulus
GA9j5 TIL for the 2002 DVD release of “E.T. the Extra- Terrestrial,” some changes were done to the original film. Director Steven Spielberg replaced the agents’ weapons with walkie-talkies, and the word “terr0rist” was replaced with “hippie”. This led to many saying that Spielberg “sanitized” the film.
b6m80 TIL that Stephen Baldwin has a tattoo of the initials "HM" for Hannah Montana after making a pact with Miley Cyrus that he would be allowed to cameo on the show if he had the initials tattooed on him. He was never given the opportunity to be on the show and has said he regrets getting the tattoo.
aWP9 TIL that the cast and crew of Borat nearly started a riot during the filming of the rodeo scene where Borat sings the (made up) Kazakhstan national Anthem to the tune of the American national anthem.
4nnN TIL: In the original game Space Invaders, the game increasing speed as you killed aliens was due to the processor being able to render graphics faster as less aliens were on screen. This was an unintended “feature” they decided to keep as a gameplay mechanic.