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Welcome to Stuff I Learned Yesterday. My name is Darrell Darnell, I just got home from watching The Force Awakens with my son (and the movie was fantastic!!!!), and I believe that if you aren’t learning, you aren’t living. In today’s episode of Stuff I Learned Yesterday I’m pleased to bring you another installment of the Friday Forum.
Today’s Fun Fact: On this day in the year 1620, the Mayflower docked at Plymouth Harbor, bringing the pilgrims to the new world. Here are some fun facts about the Mayflower.
- The Mayflower was most often use as a cargo ship and typically made runs between England and France.
- On its voyage to the new world, the Mayflower started off with 102 passengers and a crew of around 30. Two passengers died in route.
- John Carver was chosen as the first governor of the Plymouth colony. The honor was short lived, as he died about four months later.
- His successor, William Bradford, had a longer run: more than 30 years as governor.
- The appropriately if awkwardly named Oceanus Hopkins was the only child born to passengers (Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins) on the Mayflower during its actual voyage.
- John Alden is given the distinction of being the first person from the Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock.
- It’s debated, but many believe that the Mayflower chose to dock in Plymouth (modern day Massachusetts) instead of its intended port of Virginia, because they were running low on beer.
Friday Forum
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