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TIL that on Friday, October 13, 2084, there will be a full moon

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xV755 TIL of Sybil Ludington. At 16, she rode twice as far as Paul Revere, 40 miles overnight, to warn of an impending British attack during the American Revolutionary War.
PnGL TIL in the 18th century it was fashionable in England for the wealthy to hire people to live in their gardens as “ornamental hermits”
D10yJ TIL Today 50 years ago the first message was sent over the ARPANET (Internet predecessor). The message being "LO", attempting to send "LOGIN" it crashed after the O.
lo6G5 TIL that New York City has more people than 40 of the 50 U.S. states, has the largest Chinese population of any city outside of Asia, and that half of New Yorkers speak a language other than English at home (and over 200 languages are spoken).
b919N TIL that The world's largest museum dedicated to an animal - The Crocodile Museum in Aswan. The museum is located in front of the Kom Ombo Temple, which was dedicated to worshiping the god Sobek, which takes the crocodile body.