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TIL the high-five did not exist prior to 1975.

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4XVOJ TIL more than 30 countries sell citizenship or residence permits for cash. In Thailand, the cost is $10,000, while fast-track residence in the UK requires $10m.
6ZVQ TIL a bacteriologist killed 90% of all wild rabbits in France in the span of 2 years when he gave a disease called Myxomatosis to 2 rabbits in his backyard.
Wk1YN TIL the term "student-athlete" was crafted by the NCAA in order to avoid paying workers' comp after a football player died from a head injury.
WWl9 TIL in 1777 Morocco was the first nation to recognize the independence of the United States of America
BrBXe TIL of the unrecognized country that briefly existed between the US and Canada, the Republic of Indian Stream. Canada and the US sent in tax collectors which angered the population and the Republic was formed until the US and Great Britain could reach a settlement on the boundary line.