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TIL that insulting the Thai King or anything related to the monarchy of Thailand can get you imprisoned with serious jail time

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WkVnL TIL the word mile originates from the measurement of one thousand paces of a Roman soldier (mille passus)
4wZR TIL that William Howard Taft who served as the 27th President of the United States over 100 years ago was the last President to have facial hair while in office
d8NXj TIL that the Monarchy of Norway was founded in 872AD, been in power for over a 1000 years.
awkx9 TIL child prodigy who went to Oxford at age 13, went on later to work as a call girl.
N79kE TIL there is a furniture company in Houston that serves free breakfast, lunch, and dinner to their employees. Employees' children also have access to a pre-school and a high school plus a trade school for themselves, all free and on the premise.