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TIL In 1977, Los Angeles Dodgers' Glenn Burke & Dusty Baker Celebrate With the First-Ever High Five in the History of Sports

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PaRE TIL that voting is compulsory in Australia. If you do not register to vote, you’re fined. If you’re registered and you don’t vote (without a valid reason), you’re fined.
OGJV1 TIL that plague doctor costumes actually provided some protection during the bubonic plague. The waxed robes prevented fleas from clinging to the wearer’s body.
x696o TIL that both India and Pakistan had British Colonial officers as their Commander in Chief of their respective armies until 1951.
r0Yy TIL In 2005, a fortune cookie company correctly foretold lottery numbers, resulting in 110 winners and an investigation.
b97M0 TIL despite being poor, one of the most decorated war veterans, Audie Murphy, refused to appear in alcohol and tobacco commericals. He had won every possible US Army Award for combat in WWII.