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TIL the sale and importation of chewing gum is illegal in Singapore

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e0YEg TIL Harry Truman dreamed of attending West Point and becoming a career Army officer, but although he passed the written test, he failed the eye exam and was denied entry. Undeterred from the desire to serve, in 1905 he memorized the eye chart and joined the National Guard.
9Y1JD TIL that Scotland gained its Northern Isles from the Kalmar Union (the combined kingdoms of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark) since the king of the Kalmar Union's daughter was getting married to the king of Scotland but the king of the Kalmar Union never paid the dowry so Scotland annexed the islands.
JAoB TIL that emperors are recognized above kings in rank and that the only monarch in the entire world that is still officially acknowledged as ‘emperor’ is the emperor of Japan, Akihito.
R588a TIL there is a jellyfish whose sting causes feelings of impending doom
KoL4 TIL that in 1922, people rioted over whether it was okay or not to wear a straw hat past the “socially acceptable” date of September 15, in New York. The riot lasted 8 days and led to multiple arrests.