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TIL of Panyee FC, a club in Southern Thailand that plays on a floating pitch.

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5VGWD TIL that in 1817, revolutionaries in Pernambuco, Brazil, declared independence from Portugal, formed a republic, and sent a diplomat to the U.S. seeking recognition—with a plan to free Napoleon from exile on the way back
Gldg TIL Chris Barnes, vocalist for Cannibal Corpse, told Jim Carrey that his neck movements in the “Fire Marshall Bill” skit freaked him out. Carrey responded “What? This? This grosses you out? All that shit you write and that little thing grosses you out?”
4XnG6 TIL that words that change meaning and sometimes pronunciation based on the capitalization of the first letter, like "Polish" vs. "polish" are called Capitonyms.
0gJp TIL in 1998, when a teacher smelled a ‘gas-like’ odor in her classroom she soon developed headache, nausea, short breath, and dizziness. Hours later, 80 kids and 19 staff were in the ER. However, no illness or poison was found in anyone; it was believed to be a mass psychogenic delusional illness.
GLZE TIL the industrial band Ministry named their third album “The Land of Rape and Honey.” Which is the actual town motto for the rural town of Tisdale, Saskatchewan. An agricultural town known for honey and rapeseed production.