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TIL the word “dashboard” comes from the board on horse drawn carriages that would shield you from mud and rocks flung up by “dashing” horses.

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8e1aL TIL that in Papua New Guinea, there's a tribe where members cut their skin to resemble crocodiles. Young men cut their back, shoulder, and upper torso as part of an initiation. Once healed, the wounds resemble crocodile scales, symbolizing their transition from boyhood to manhood.
weJY TIL that during the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh, the Pakistani Army would cut off the hair of women being held in Rape Camps to prevent them from committing suicide by using their hair to hang themselves
b6n54 TIL in a soccer penalty kick shootout, the team kicking FIRST wins 60% of the time.
neKYY TIL that in 1864, two ships were wrecked on the Auckland Islands at the same time and neither group were aware of the other. One group rescued themselves by sailing to New Zealand in a homemade ship; all five survived. The other group was rescued by a passing ship and only 3 out of 25 survived.
0JgR TIL that a man memorized all the prices of past items on The Price is Right, and repeatedly helped contestants win, until he was banned from the show for 10 years.