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TIL the 'high five' was invented in 1977 in Los Angeles

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VML0Q TIL Warren Buffett plans on giving only a small fraction of his weath to his children when he dies, stating "you should leave your children enough so they can do anything, but not enough so they can do nothing." He instead will donate nearly all of his wealth to charitable foundations.
d007 TIL Joan of Arc was granted a retrial by the church and declared innocent in 1456. Unfortunately, that was 25 years after she was burned at the stake.
b9aY7 TIL that the School of the Americas has had more graduates become dictators than any other school in history
obVK TIL that there is a high school in Philadelphia that is allowed to confer degrees as well as high school diplomas. Some graduates are granted a Bachelor of Arts at graduation.
x6Xd7 TIL that there was a mutualistic relationship between human whalers and orca around twofold bay Australia until 1930, it may have been 1,000s of years old.