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TIL a soccer ball (football) was used for the first two years of basketball. In 1894 the first basketball was marketed.

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OoE1Y TIL your peripheral vision is more light-sensitive due to the fact that there are more light-detecting cells by the edges of your eye than in the center.
Ypw0W TIL all Domestic cats are same species (Felis catus) and similarly all dogs/domestic dogs are same species (Canis familiaris)
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