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TIL there were seven fabled cities of gold, not just El Dorado

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PYgVV TIL that people with ADHD have hyper-focus ability for things that they like
E11NW Right after they invented the garage.
kOb6d TIL Jay's Grave is supposedly the last resting place of a suicide victim who is thought to have died in the late 18th century. Unable to have a traditional Christan burial, she was buried at the side of a minor road. It has since become a well-known landmark on Dartmoor.
GALb1 TIL that bone china is made from bone ash, feldspathic material and kaolin, and it originated in the UK, not in China.
EgemV TIL Robert Taylor popularized hand soap from a pump when his company introduced Softsoap in 1978. To forestall competition from larger companies, he ordered 100 million pumps from the only existing US manufacturers. The $12 million buy prevented the giants from matching his product for over a year.