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TIL learned that the first basketball slam dunk was performed in 1936 at Madison Square Garden by Joe Fortenberry.

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1aRad TIL that George Washington Carver's research into uses for peanuts was motivated by a desire to help poor sharecroppers in the South. At the time, the overproduction of cotton was depleting the soil of nutrients, and the boll weevil infestation threatened to destroy cotton crops.
E1eLV TIL of minghun, or Chinese ghost marriage, in which one or more parties is deceased. The practice led to a black market for corpses of young women in 2017–19.
REQ4 TIL 19th century zoologists managed to display deep sea creatures in museums by creating incredibly life-like yet fragile glass replicas, often based purely on black and white illustrations. The resulting models were so realistic and well rendered that many are still in use today.
rAZo TIL A 10 year old girl named Laura Buxton released a balloon with her name and address on it, which floated 140 miles and landed in the back yard of a house which also lived a 10 year old girl named Laura Buxton (as well as other eerie similarities).
xO9b TIL There is a Indian village which celebrates each girl child by planting 111 trees