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TIL about the US Camel Corps, an experiment to introduce camels as pack animals in the SW.

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vkGx TIL the United States almost adopted the Metric System in 1794. Frenchman Joseph Dombey was en route to America to present the prototypes of a Meter and a Kilogram to the US Congress but his ship got hit by a storm and he got stranded in the Carribean where he died in a British prison.
EGVp TIL the Kapauku people of Papua think it is bad luck to work two consecutive days. The !Kung Bushmen work just two-and-a-half days per week, rarely more than six hours per day.
epxp5 TIL about the Kanopy app. All you need is a library card and you can stream movies and TV shows for free. You get a certain amount of credits per month based on your home library and the kids section is unlimited.
1VPd TIL The Queen of England is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth’s land surface.
wLxBJ TIL in 1992 a Canadian lady by the name of Gisele Jubinville patented the design for a fitted sheet that wouldn't slip off the mattress in the night, and subsequently sold the rights for over a million dollars.