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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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wrN8 TIL only 29 people were caught trying to board planes with marijuana at the Denver International Airport in 2014, and all were allowed to board their planes after throwing out the weed.
gr0ly TIL that “hanger-on” used to be an actual occupation in the coal mining industry. It meant someone who attaches and detaches the tubs on an endless-rope haulage.
wdQo TIL when Paris’s Cemetery of the Innocents was moved, the human remains (decomposed to mostly fat deposits) were made into candles.
OGLEX TIL that during Deng Xiaoping's visit to the United States, a Maoist American protested against him, calling him a "capitalist roader"
epgGE TIL that singer Katy Perry, who grew up in a strict religious household, was not allowed to eat Lucky Charms cereal as a kid as the word "luck" reminded her mother of Lucifer, and she was also required to call deviled eggs "angeled eggs".