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TIL it is illegal to not stand up for the national anthem in Thailand

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EoRw TIL that France is the only country where hamburger sales do not supersede that of other sandwiches, with ham and butter sandwiches (Parisien) being the most popular alternative
9wWn7 TIL percentages are reversible. Hence, 6% of 50 is equal to 50% of 6, which is much easier to calculate.
rRLwM TIL the actress who played Daisy Duke in "The Dukes of Hazzard", Catherine Bach, was required by network censors to wear flesh-toned tights under her Daisy Dukes
16B8P TIL that 30 years after cocaine was first isolated from the coca plant, it was first tested as an anesthetic. In 1884, Austrian ophthalmologist Karl Koller instilled a 2% solution of cocaine into his own eye and tested its effectiveness by pricking his eye with a needle.
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