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

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xrQo TIL Matt Damon could only say his name in Team America because his puppet came in looking mentally deficient and they didn’t have time to change it, so Parker and Stone just made him mentally challenged.
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