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TIL high fives were not really a “thing” until the 1970’s

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wNPE TIL During the French revolution, many aristocrats died/flew leaving their cooks behind. They had no job and invented restaurants. It is this hyper-competitive situation that caused French cuisine to evolve into something special.
lo15N TIL scientists discovered a dinosaur tail perfectly preserved in amber. It is full of feathers.
JYwgl TIL at the Starbucks located inside of the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, Virginia, customer names cannot be called out or written on cups due to security concerns.
booa TIL PeTA boycotted Liam Neeson’s movie because it depicted gray wolves in a negative light
0gxj TIL: In the ‘30s the Smithsonian recorded Confederate Civil War veterans reenacting the the rebel yell battle cry. This is the only recording of actual veterans doing the yell.