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TIL the first thanksgiving was actually held in St. Augustine, Florida by Catholic missionaries - 55 years prior to the famed Plymouth thanksgiving

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PYvBL TIL that human penis sizes are not "exceptionally large" for primates, and current findings do not support sexual selection influencing penis size.
e0e4D TIL the worst landslide in US history, the 2014 Oso mudslide which killed 43 people, had been predicted by scientists for years but local officials were unable to convince residents to sell their homes and vacate the region.
aw5XN TIL after his father and brother were killed by Confederate Home Guard, Henry Berry Lowrie led a band of American Indian, White, and African-American men in a guerrilla war against the Confederacy and later the upper class. He obtained a Robbin Hood like status and vanished without a trace in 1872.
7aPL TIL Isaac Asimov was such a prolific and wide ranging writer he had work published in all 10 major categories of the Dewey decimal system
gGDy TIL that shops in Japan place orange balls of paint near the register as an anti-crime device. The staff throws the ball at the criminal, which explodes on impact and stains the criminal with distinctive orange paint for the police to easily identify.