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TIL that wood pipes were used in Europe and the US to transport water underground.

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N7NP1 TIL a developer demolished a London pub without permission hoping to build flats in it's place but were forced to rebuild it in facsimile and it's due to reopen soon
p8vxO TIL Nachos are named after their inventor, Ignacio "Nacho" Anaya. The dish was originally called "Nacho's especiales," and eventually the apostrophe disappeared and it was shortened to just "nachos."
Z8Zoa TIL that in Ohio, repeat DUI offenders have ‘Scarlet letter’ license plates!
wobPo TIL in 1993 Bob Knight talked about recruiting Ivan Renko, a fake player he'd created to expose disreputable basketball recruiting experts. Though Renko didn't exist, several services listed him as a prospect with in-depth descriptions of his potential. Some "experts" even claimed to see film of him
5AJp TIL a woman in France received a rather substantial phone bill of 11,721,000,000,000,000€ (6,000 times the GDP of France itself). The phone company suggested she pay it off in multiple installments and only admitted their error after further pressing.