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TIL the earliest evidence of pavement markings are from Mexico around 1600 AD. It consisted of a centerline of stone of a lighter color

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78rLO TIL that Jamaica in NYC and Jamaica in the Caribbean are derived from unrelated words. The neighborhood in Queens, NYC, is named from the Lenape word "Yameco," or Beaver, while the island of Jamaica got its name from the Arawak word "Xaymaca," meaning Land of Wood and Water.
51vr TIL in 2010 in Pennsylvania man was charged with breaking a trooper’s fist with his face.
jNnan TIL Coconuts managed to migrate to the Caribbean by floating across the ocean
JOKl TIL That breast cancer survivors from all over the globe flock to Little Vinnie’s in Baltimore. Little V is world famous as the “Michelangelo of Nipple Tattoos”, he cosmetically tattoos highly detailed areolas on women who lost theirs from mastectomies.
p84xN TIL that in Ancient Egypt, the pharaoh alongside the general public would gather around to masturbate into the Nile river as a ritual ceremony to promote river fertility.