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TIL Jesus Christ is officially the king of Poland

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7rJNP TIL: On May 24, 1626, Peter Minuit purchased the island of Manhattan for the equivalent of $24 worth of beads and trinkets.
W79Ao TIL that in 2021, before a Quebec City family-run shoe store closed, which had operated since 1936, a hidden door was found behind a shelving unit. Upon opening the door, the family discovered rows and rows of boxes of shoes that were manufactured sometime around the 1960s.
a8xay TIL Steve Jobs almost called the "iMac" the "MacMan"
dDle8 TIL about the butt bandit, a man who left greasy buttprints on Nebraska storefronts.
QJQ46 TIL that tea used to be consumed only as a medicine in England, but when people saw the Portuguese queen drinking tea regularly, it became popular there too.