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TIL Lloyd Kaufman (founder of Troma Entertainment), has a cameo in Guardians of the Galaxy and was mentor to James Gunn.

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X0kj8 TIL that, prior to the arrival of the Mayflower, a thriving Patuxet village existed on the Massachusetts coast. An endemic wiped out 90 percent of the population, and the pilgrims converted the abandoned settlement into Plymouth Colony.
kgPE TIL a study found that drinking coffee may “undo” liver damage. Researchers analyzed data from nine previously published studies with a total of more than 430,000 participants and found that drinking two additional cups of coffee a day was linked to a 44% lower risk of developing liver cirrhosis
J1pmv TIL the Hamster Dance song is originally from the Disney Robin Hood movie
e0eYg TIL African Elephants are evolving to not have tusks, protecting themselves from poachers but also harming their species
Y7vbx TIL about the School of the Air, a term used for radio-borne (now Internet-based) correspondence schools that teach children who live in the most remote parts of the Australian outback, where there aren't enough people for a regular school.