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TIL that 7-Eleven is incredibly popular in Copenhagen Denmark, the city has almost 180 locations.

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780or TIL Peter Falk — known for playing the title character of NBC's Columbo — wore a glass eye. Once, while playing baseball in high school, he got in a disagreement with an umpire over a missed call. Falk popped out the glass eye, handed it to the umpire and said "try this."
nXaY TIL: Violet Jessop, who survived the sinking of the Titanic, also survived the sinking of Titanic’s sister ship the Britannic, as well as a collision on their third sister ship the Olympic.
ADeB4 TIL: The mother of Dmitri Mendeleev (creator of the Periodic Table) traveled 1200 miles with her son to a university in Moscow to plead for her son's admission, only to get rejected. The mother then rode with Mendeleev another 400 miles to Saint Petersburg University and got him admission.
OXJ4 TIL Stephen Colbert’s father and two older brothers died in a plane crash because the cockpit crew became distracted from talking while landing the plane. A few years later, the FAA created the ‘Sterile Cockpit Rule,’ prohibiting staff from engaging in non-essential conversation once below 10,000 ft
RVY1 TIL Time Warner Cable significantly changes its offering depending on whether or not it has a monopoly on the market.