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TIL That in 2009 the king of Thailand Vajiralongkorn promoted his dog Fufu to the rank of Air chief marshal.

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mREy TIL Airborne tablets have never been proven to improve your immune system, and may even cause kidney stones. In 2006, ABC News discovered that the “lab” that Airborne had hired to complete a study had not a single scientist or doctor on staff, and was actually just comprised of two men.
V5WZ TIL in 1942 a British forest guard in India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons.
jNklX TIL the amount of arable land (land that crops can grow on) per person on the planet is .19 hectacres, less then half a football field (excluding endzone).
Me9A7 TIL that the planet Uranus was discovered before the continent of Antarctica
QJKdL TIL That the famous deaf-blind writer Hellen Keller received a gift from a Japanese police officer who gave her an Akita dog named Kamikaze-Go as a present. After the dog's death Japan’s government gifted another Akita, making her the first person to bring the dog breed to the U.S. In 1948