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TIL: On May 24, 1626, Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan for the equivalent of $24 worth of beads and trinkets.

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d8x99 TIL the flags of many African nations have the colors green, gold and red borrowed from the flag of Ethiopia, which remained outside European control during the colonial era by defeating Italy. As a result, the country drew the admiration of many newly independent states in Africa.
vO7r TIL in 1995 May was declared “Masturbation Month”
x6Vok TIL In June 2019, the 350 residents of Sommaroy—which translates into “Summer Island”—signed a petition to make their home that sits west of Tormso north of the atlantic circle, the world's first time-free zone during the midnight sun period, from May 18 to July
EgDPX TIL that Kevin Feige, president of Marvel Studios, was rejected by the USC School of Cinematic Arts five times before being accepted on his sixth application
oRPX8 TIL Harry Pidgeon, the second person to circumnavigate the globe in a sailboat solo, had virtually no sailing experience and built his boat on an LA beach following instructions from a magazine. The press jokingly called him "The Library Navigator"