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TIL the King of Thailand was born in Massachusetts and is a US citizen.

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9gEM TIL that the Greek mathematician Archimedes was killed during the siege of Syracuse when he refused to acknowledge his Roman captors because he was too engrossed in solving a math problem.
negOY TIL that cats can't taste sweet things because of a genetic defect.
vPmNB TIL a physicist published his cat as a coauthor so he could write using first person plural without being criticized.
9Yyrr TIL Neil Young wrote the song "Ohio" days after the Kent State Shootings that left 4 students dead and 9 others wounded on May 4, 1970. The song has since been described as the greatest protest record ever written.
8eN7a TIL Liam Neeson's wife died on a bunny slope while taking a ski lesson at Mt. Tremblant in Quebec