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TIL Riding shotgun was a Wild West expression used for the person who rides next to the driver of a stagecoach for protection against bandits.

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gMnjX TIL when the 1957 Lotus Seven was introduced, it came as a self-assembly kit to avoid car taxation of the day. As the tax rebate didn't apply to kits that came with an assembly manual, Lotus bundled theirs with a disassembly manual that was supposed to be followed in reverse.
wmAM TIL A decibel is one tenth of a bel, a seldom-used unit named in honor of Alexander Graham Bell.
dGj8 TIL that in the Brothers Grimm version of Snow White the Evil Queen wanted to eat Snow White’s organs and was forced by the newly crowned Snow White to dance to death in red-hot iron shoes in the ending.
jN59n TIL of the Johnson gang. Travelling criminals from Gloucestershire, UK who specialised in stealing fine art and antiques from English country manors over a period of 20 years. The goods they stole are valued between £30 - £80 million. The gang were sentenced to a total of 49 years in prison in 2008.
xV6V1 TIL Loot Boxes are Regulated in Some Countries Under Gambling Laws