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TIL: The smallest parcel of property in NYC is 500 sq in

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rNRrd TIL that Bermuda was officially settled in 1609 by the Virginia Company, which had also settled in Jamestown, Virginia. At it's settlement, Bermuda was originally recognized as an extension of Virginia.
DQwmv TIL a wide range of historic artifacts from the Titanic have been preserved. From the personal, like perfume oils and a bracelet engraved with a third-class passenger's name, to items from the ship itself, such as a menu from the last meal and a bronze cherub from the grand staircase.
ADKEl TIL if you run out of bandages, know that you could—but probably wouldn't want to—reach for the cobwebs in your basement as an alternative. Cobwebs actually have natural antiseptic and anti-fungal properties, and were used in ancient Greece and Rome by physicians to make bandages.
QKxM TIL that in 1997, Mötley Crüe released a soda called “Mötley Brüe”, which promised to turn urine blue.
KYOrE TIL Percy Spencer,the inventor of the microwave appliance received only $2 for his discovery