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TIL The High Five was invented " in 1977

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NJZM TIL of Pando, a grove of aspen trees in Utah that is actually a single organism with 40,000 stems (trunks). Some experts believe that Pando may be up to a million years old.
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jNb1v TIL that both scholars of antiquity and religion agree that a historical Jesus existed. They also hold the baptism of Jesus and his crucifixion were real events.