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TIL in some countries on different continents, it has rained snakes, frogs, toads, jellyfish, worms, octopi, shellfish, and starfish throughout history

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e0K8D TIL of Ros Sereysothea, A Cambodian rock singer given the title "The Queen of the Golden Voice" who vanished completely under the reign of the Khmer Rouge
4XWXX TIL The capital city of Bhutan, Thimphu, is one of only two capital cities in the world where there are no traffic lights. In 1995, authorities installed traffic lights at busy downtown intersections, but drivers ignored it. They were subsequently taken down and replaced by traffic cops.
4xmg TIL: Teddy Roosevelt actually watched Abraham Lincoln’s funeral procession in 1865 when he was 6. In fact, there’s a photograph with a young Roosevelt sitting on a balcony as the casket went by.
WjRA TIL John Cleese rejected a Knighthood (CBE) and said he felt much more honored when a Swiss zoologist named a lemur after him in 2005.
wgK7 TIL Famed molecular biologist James Watson put his Nobel Prize up for auction in 2014 due to financial hardships. It sold for $4.1 million, and was promptly returned to him by the buyer.