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TIL The Puritans Didn't Come to the New World for 'Religious Freedom' The Protestant "Separatists" left Holland because of too much religious freedom, since the country allowed Judaism and Catholicism and even atheism.

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Eg8Wp TIL Robin Williams final film was directed by the former lead singer of Gutterboy, whom Geffen Records signed to a $1 million record deal in 1989, an unheard-of sum at the time. The band was dropped after its debut and was dubbed one of the most "successful" unsuccessful bands in rock history.
JYJ5m TIL that the chunks of ice that break off of icebergs are officially called "bergy bits"
KOnnJ TIL of Stanley Hollis, the only British soldier to earn a Victoria cross medal for his actions on dday. He fought on multiple fronts during the war, killed hundreds of enemy troops, took out a tiger tank single-handed and on dday took out 2 pill boxes and captured multiple prisoners single-handed.
X0M4P TIL NASA astronauts use a pen called the 'space pen' that worked in extreme heat/cold and atmospheres from pure oxygen to vacuum. Using graphite is dangerous as it could break off the pencil and cause harm to both the astronaut and equipment
lQP5 TIL that the name “Spandex” was chosen because it’s an anagram of “Expands”.