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TIL that the post-medieval Burmese and Thai kingdoms fought 24 wars across a period of over 200 years.

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Bkmx TIL that the Hindenburg disaster had more survivors than victims, wasn’t the deadliest airship accident at the time, and the emotional “Oh, the humanity!” audio report wasn’t live, but was a radio broadcast from later that night, and subsequently overlaid on the newsreel videos after the fact
d4vK TIL that training programs for service dogs hire “Puppy Cuddler” volunteers for puppies in training. One of the criteria is, “You must love to cuddle puppies.”
wGOM TIL Martin Luther King, Jr. plagiarized his doctoral dissertation.
e0yZD TIL that according to Greg Sestero, Tommy Wiseau submitted his film The Room to Paramount, hoping to get them as the distributor. Usually, it takes about two weeks to get a reply. The Room, however, was rejected within 24 hours.
6k77 TIL in 1988 a one-eyed pilot landed a Boeing 737 on a narrow grass levee after dual engine failure. No one was seriously injured. The plane was repaired at the site of the landing, and remained in service until December, 2016.