Today in 1855 US lawmakers approved $30,000 in funding for “the purchase of camels and the importation of dromedaries, to be employed for military purposes." We had our own "Camel Corps"! Plus: today in 1875, the first indoor game of hockey took place in Montreal, and it ended in a not that surprising way.

The U.S. Army’s “Camel Corps” Experiment (Army Historical Foundation)

First indoor game ended in melee (ESPN)

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