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TIL, YMCA help invent Basketball, Volleyball and Racquetball

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x7B5 TIL camels were brought to Canada in 1862 to haul gold; the disastrous experiment ended in only 1 year after the camels terrorized horses and ate miners’ clothes and soap
lkJV TIL The astronauts in the Challenger Explosion survived the initial explosion and survived for nearly three minutes, until the cabin crashed into the ocean at a speed of 200 MPH
epMRE TIL that as of 2022, Mississippi, with a population of approximately 2.94 million, has the highest incarceration rate among U.S. states, with about 0.86% of its residents incarcerated. In contrast, Massachusetts, with a population of around 6.98 million, has the lowest rate, with about about 0.12%.
kOMZe TIL the Ancient Greek poet Sotades made fun of Ptolemy II of Egypt for marrying his own sister. For this the poet was imprisoned. He briefly escaped before being recaptured on the island of Caunus, shut up in a leaden chest and thrown into the sea.
rRA11 TIL that sound forensics make it possible to reconstruct speech or other sound by watching leaves of a plant, earbud speakers or a potato-chip bag with a camera, even through soundproof windows.