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TIL The mouth of the Chesapeake Bay is the site of a 35-million year old impact crater and that shaped the bay

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VBdJk TIL the reason why schools start on September is because a holiday in the summer meant that children could work on the fields with their parents
P1gNJ TIL that all but three mammals have seven cervical (neck) vertebrae, the exceptions being the manatee (6), two-toed sloth (5 or 6), and three-toed sloth (9).
Z8EKR TIL Pardoned convict Thomas Pamphlett was shipwrecked and castaway in the Moreton Bay area, Australia, 1823, & was rescued after several months. But he committed another crime, & was sentenced to 7 years’ transportation to the new penal colony... in Moreton Bay.
04W5 TIL in 1974, Vietnam attacked some Chinese troops stationed on a disputed island. In response, China destroyed the entire Vietnamese fleet and took control of the entire island chain
4XEeN TIL the "Byzantine empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" were terms created after the reign of this empire had ended, its citizens referred to themselves as just "Romans"