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TIL about Gungywamp, an archeological site in Connecticut consisting of ruins and artifacts that is theorized to have evidence of Pre-Columbian European settlement of the Americas, including 5th century Irish monks or Norsemen

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ANOR4 TIL that EU citizen can demand a copy of all personal data that companies hold about them. However, most Android and iPhone apps completely ignore this right, a study has found.
9gyX TIL that a piece of Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree was taken to space on a space shuttle mission to defy gravity
69ELX TIL After being left out of a 1954 reboot of their character, Captain America, comic artist Jack Kirby and writer Joe Simon created a near identical superhero, "Fighting American," to battle communists.
wLNV7 TIL in June 1942, LBJ was supposed to be an observer on the Wabash Cannonball, a B-26 bomber in the South Pacific. Before takeoff, LBJ left the plane to relieve himself. By the time he returned, his seat was taken, so he couldn't get back on. The Wabash wound up crashing, killing everyone on board.
69d5Q TIL that there is an Egyptian-born Polish rapper named Taco Hemingway. He is the first Polish musician to exceed 1 billion plays on Spotify.