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TIL The King of Thailand was born a Citizen of the United States

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wLVro TIL four-legged animals like horses and dogs don't have backwards knees. Those joints are actually their ankles, which bend in the same direction as our ankles do.
49BR TIL a fly is not the zipper itself, but the flap of cloth concealing the zipper!
ZpeWv TIL while practicing for the '92 Olympics, the Dream Team lost (62-54) to an assembled squad of the best NCAA players. Head Coach Chuck Daly had limited Jordan's playing time & also made other non-optimal substitions in order to "throw the game" to teach the NBA players that they were not unbeatable
P1Mwg TIL that Newborn babies are partially blind because they can only see the world in black and white with shades of grey and more than that they can only can only see objects which are 8 - 12 inches away infront of their face
VBVX8 TIL that the then-president of Kappa Sushi, who used to be an executive at Hama Sushi from 2014 to 2017, was arrested in 2022 for obtaining data from Hama Sushi. The data includes monthly sales figures & prices at which Hama Sushi bought its seafood. He received the data from his former colleague.