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TIL that we have been shaking hands since at least 900 BCE.

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GjMQ TIL That the sale of alcohol over 190 proof (Everclear) is banned in Maryland, so the manufacturer Luxco makes a 189 proof version and sells it exclusively to Maryland.
xbw TIL The Dark Knight Rises doesn’t mention the Joker throughout the entire movie out of respect for Heath Ledger.
6EPgY TIL that Joaquin Phoenix flipped his car, and in the wreckage, he heard a voice say, "Just relax." He replied, "I'm fine. I am relaxed." The man replied, "No you're not," and stopped Phoenix from lighting a cigarette while gasoline was leaking into the car. This man was famed director Werner Herzog.
grQV9 TIL about Llívia, a town in a Spanish exclave surrounded by France. Because of a technicality in a treaty signed in 1659, that transferred only "villages" in the Pyrenees to France, Llívia, which was a "town", remains under Spanish control.
E1BMw TIL Gold can grow on Eucalyptus trees. In its search for water, the Eucalyptus tree absorbs gold particles dissolved in the water deep underground, then storing the gold in the leaves of the tree. This is a cheap and effective way to discover new gold deposits in Australia.