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TIL camels originated in North America

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W8yX TIL there’s a service that routes telemarketing calls to a bot that wastes as much time as possible engaging in conversation
yQNrM TIL That the loudest sound ever recorded was the Krakatoa volcano eruption in 1883. It was so loud that it ruptured the eardrums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world four times, and was clearly heard from 3,000 miles away.
jNbMX TIL in 1896, Bill Crush orchestrated the spectacle of smashing two trains into each other completely on purpose. Although no one was within 200 yards of the impact, the explosion from the steam engines killed two spectators and injured more. The event was considered a big PR and financial success.
go64 Til Japanese researchers have devised a method of decoding dreams that can accurately tell what the patient had been dreaming about.
e0l85 TIL Current WWE Wrestler Jeff Hardy and former wrestler Mick Foley have agreed to donate their brains for concussion research after death