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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Kurma-the-Turtle on 2024-10-26 18:21:05+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that Halley’s Comet was seen in England in 1066, the year of the Norman Conquest, being interpreted as an omen, with a contemporary observer referring to it as a “source of tears to many mothers”, portending “the downfall of my country.”