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TIL Of the Columbus Egg. Columbus' egg refers to a discovery or amazing idea that seems simple or easy after the fact.

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BgXkW TIL there's a North Korean international restaurant chain named "Pyongyang"
gMYxA TIL that British and Irish railways used to use "slip coaches", which were disconnected while in motion to reduce the number of stops that express trains needed to make
E1P8V TIL The oldest drinking straw in existence, was found in a Sumerian tomb dated 3,000 B.C.E.. It was a gold tube inlaid with precious stones.
nW4go TIL that in 1429, King Charles VII of France exempted the town of Domrémy from paying taxes "forever", after a promise to Joan of Arc. Taxes were imposed again during the French Revolution.
NE6E TIL that roughly 2/3 of the US population lives within 100 miles of the border.