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TIL that the high-five is supposedly younger than Star Wars

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XEWEQ TIL that the dust from Sahara Desert provides valuable phosphorous to the Amazon rainforest, allowing the latter to thrive.
XEj9D TIL about Jocko Graves, a boy who touched the heart of George Washington and who died helping the American Revolution because he was too young to fight.
9YlGD TIL When a flock of starlings are murmurating (flying in those shape-shifting patterns) Each individual birds' movements are copied by 7 of its closest neighbours, and each of those neighbours' movements affect 7 more and so on through the flock.
M6MB TIL of the word “callipygian,” which means “having a well-shaped buttocks.”
a8MLL TIL that the Hoover dam is still curing and will take 15 - 20 years to finally be complete