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TIL William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony, was a year old when his father died so he was sent to live with his grandfather, who died two years later so he was sent to live with his mother, she died one year later.

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yVy1w TIL the World Record for longest name is held by a man whose name contained 746 letters and 27 words. Each of his 26 surnames started with a different letter, in alphabetical order. His last name told the story of a Wolf-Slayer whose ancestors came here on a tungsten spaceship 1.2 million years ago.
16gmr TIL JASON is an independent group of elite scientists which advises the United States government on matters of science and technology, mostly of a sensitive nature. The group was created in the aftermath of the Sputnik launch.
e0Nlk TIL Joya de Cerén in El Salvador is a pre-hispanic farming village that was covered by a volcanic eruption in the seventh century AD, similar to Pompeii.
d4vK TIL that training programs for service dogs hire “Puppy Cuddler” volunteers for puppies in training. One of the criteria is, “You must love to cuddle puppies.”
v1kBK TIL: In Poland in 2010, a 90-ton WWII-era locomotive was propped-up vertically as a memorial sculpture. Artist Andrzej Jarodski titled it "Pociąg do Nieba" --The Train to Heaven.