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TIL that the first confirmed “high five” was between LA Dodger teammates Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke on Oct 2, 1977. After Baker hit his 30th homerun of season, Burke met him at home plate with his hand held high over his head and Baker smacked it, later saying “It seemed like the thing to do.”

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OGlb1 TIL about the 1815 Mount Tambora massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia with what followed called "the year without a summer". Global temps plunged, crops failed, people starved, and a cholera pandemic spread. Geological evidence suggests a 1-in-6 chance of a massive eruption this century.
9YwyM TIL the color of nasal mucous has no bearing on whether you have an infection, so just because you have yellow or green mucous, doesn’t mean you have a sinus infection; it’s a sign your immune system is doing its jobof fighting the cold virus
oBrZ7 TIL Angkor Wat actually used a much greater amount of stone than every one of the Egyptian pyramids combined. On top of that, if also occupied a surface area greater than Paris in its entirety
NXpKb TIL: The pacemaker was invented when an engineer accidentally pulled the wrong resistor from a box and realized it could regulate a heart.
kJpLB TIL Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, tried to convince his colleagues to wash their hands before delivering babies because he noticed lower levels of infections. His colleagues were offended that he would dare suggest they would be “unclean!” Ultimately Dr. Semmelweis was committed to an insane asylum.