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TIL in 1880 the Queen of Thailand drowned while her subjects watched because they were forbidden to touch her.

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vP64R TIL of Smoky, the tiny four-pound Terrier dog who served and assisted the US in WW2 after being found abandoned in a foxhole in New Guinea , and who later became histories first therapy dog.
N7oJN TIL of the oldest known strike. On this date in 1152 BCE, the artisans of the Royal Necropolis at Deir el-Medina walked off their jobs because they had not been paid. The Egyptian authorities raised the wages.
neW9b TIL of Rita Crundwell, a small town employee who embezzled $54 million from her employer, openly lived a lavish lifestyle that included over 300 horses, and for the most part no one noticed anything was wrong.
Aved TIL more countries start with ’S’ than any other, but ‘A’ covers the most area, and 'I’ the greatest population
wLmgP TIL That in Brazil when a kid is lost on the beach people start to clap around him so the parents can find him easy