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TIL the high five was invented in 1977

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VBrjp TIL that until the Civil War, American currency was made only the form of silver or gold coins. Though the colonial Continental Congress briefly issued paper currency, it wasn't until 1862 that Congress authorized the use of paper currency as legal tender for any debts
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d8XAQ TIL about Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet Naval officer who refused to launch a nuclear torpedo during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, averting all-out nuclear war with the United States
9Y7VG TIL Zebrafish can produce their own sunscreen, a chemical called gadusol which protects the fish against harmful UV radiation. Scientists are also now learning that many species of vertebrates, mammals excluded, produce gadusol. Zebrafish can also regenerate their hearts during their larval stages.