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

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VMgl8 TIL Dubai held a weight loss competition where they gave out 1 gram of gold for every kilogram lost by the participants
GAnY7 TIL per passenger mile, Amtrak is 30–40 percent more energy-efficient than commercial airlines and automobiles overall
6Lg8 TIL that wallabies in Tasmania were eating poppies and running around in circles, making tracks that were mistaken for UFO crop circles.
ne7Ab TIL the Sand Octopus lacks color changing organs (chromatophores) so They shoot jets of water to create quick sand and then blast almost a foot into the ground... then they secrete a mucus to reinforce the walls of their predator proof bunker and use one arm to create a ventilation “chimney”
yEK8 TIL that “Hello Kitty” has no mouth. The mouthless phenomenon is “so that people who look at her can project their own feelings onto her face, because she has an expressionless face. Kitty looks happy when people are happy. She looks sad when they are sad.“