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TIL: Camels served in the US Civil War

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M7kGA TIL until approximately the late 1400's the word "girl" used to refer to a child of either sex.
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R7pvQ TIL that till 1915, It was legal to mail babies from one place to another in America, If they were under the 11 pound weight limit.
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