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TIL when women first started playing basketball in the late 1800s, they wore floor length dresses as was expected during this time. This made it easier to get injured. In 1896, bloomers started to be worn instead.

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16a5D TIL about a Chinese cooking method called 'Velveting', which is a cornstarch and egg mixture that you soak meats in for a few hours prior to cooking. This provides more thermal mass which cooks the meat slower and creates a moisture barrier that seals in the juices for exceptionally tender meat.
mxe6v TIL about Izecksohn's Brazilian Tree Frog, the only known frugivorous (fruit-eating) frog
LkeK9 TIL NASA's three spacecraft losses occurred within a calendar week of one another: Apollo 1 on 1/27, Challenger on 1/28, and Columbia on 2/1
POMO TIL the phrases “Come and take it”, “From my cold, dead hands”, and “They shall not pass” are all derived from King Leonidas of Sparta
wLyvY TIL that the anus and genitals of an adult pirate perch are located under its throat- "[t]his feature is not present in juveniles, as the anus migrates with maturity."