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TIL Scotland has a national elephant polo team.

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xVe5b TIL that the Sphynx cat came about barely in the 1960s and originated in Canada when a domestic cat gave birth to a hairless kitten. It was then bred solely for its natural hairless trait.
wZr6 TIL Germans first female stunt pilot, Beate Uhse, tested world’s first jet-powered aircraft, escaped embattled Berlin in an abandoned aircraft together with her baby son and later started a company which today is the most successful in the German sex industry.
6ENEZ TIL Hugh Jackman buys lottery tickets for the entire cast and crew every Friday while filming a movie. It's a tradition he started in an effort to get to know one another and encourage comradery and team work among the crew.
8ae58 TIL the word "dashboard" originated as a barrier of wood or leather fixed at the front of a horse-drawn carriage or sleigh to protect the driver from mud or other debris "dashed up" (thrown up) by the horses' hooves.
788oM TIL only one Egyptian pharaonic tomb has been discovered completely intact, that of Psusennes I (1047-1001 BC). Despite its fame and the quality of its artifacts, the tomb of Tutankhamun was robbed twice in antiquity.