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TIL that a father in Dubai forcibly stopped lifeguards from rescuing his drowning daughter because he believed it would “dishonor” her to be touched by male strangers.

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69NAl TIL about the Kentucky Meat Shower, where mysterious chucks of meat fell from the sky in 1876
G0r7 TIL a Massachusetts Panera Bread, which was to be the only sandwich vendor at a mall, tried to prevent a Qdoba Mexican Grill from opening on the grounds that a burrito was a sandwich.
b6rPZ TIL: George Bredig escaped the Nazi regime when Princeton offered him a job in 1940. Scientists and professors who did not swear an oath to the regime were fired. He managed to save his research and made significant contributions to electro chemistry. The Nazis lost 26% of their university chemists.
KOm96 TIL that Lambs Ear (the plant) can be used medicinally for insect stings, bug bites, hemorrhoids, scrapes, and burns. It can also be a substitute for bandages and can act as an antibacterial, antiseptic, and antifungal.
gAwD TIL The word shampoo entered English language from India during the colonial era. It dates to 1762, and is derived from Hindi chāmpo, itself derived from the Sanskrit root capayati (which means to press, knead, soothe)