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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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jNXkR TIL prior to the flu pandemic (1918) being reported in St. Louis, Dr. Max Starkloff had local physicians on high alert and wrote about the importance of avoiding crowds. As health commissioner he closed schools, theaters, and prohibited public gatherings. The city had the lowest U.S. mortality rate.
Yw67 TIL that in 1970 President Nixon had the White House guards uniform redesigned to be more fancy. They received much criticism, such as looking “like a palace guard of toy soldiers” and did not last long. They were later sold to the Meriden-Cleghorn High School Marching Band in Iowa.
x69x7 TIL that since the invention of the automobile, cars have killed an estimated 60-80 million people and injured over 2 billion.
p8WJN TIL that one can die from laughter. Chrysippus of Soli, a Greek stoic philosopher is said to have died this way at the age of 73. As he watched a donkey eat some figs he died in a fit of laughter.
Z8XOo TIL about "turtle glass". Some states have laws that require coastal homeowners to turn off lights and draw curtains after 9pm because baby turtles migrate out to sea by moonlight and sometimes they get confused by lights and swim inland. Turtle glass is special window that doesn't reflect moonlight