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TIL there are 29 states in the USA where it is legal to fire someone for being gay

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7rwGp TIL King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand around 1960. An accidental monarch who was not born in the direct line of succession, he took the throne in 1946 at the age of 18 and became the personification of Thai nationhood. He would become known as the peoples king.
VB008 TIL that in the UK, sports teams being relocated is extremely uncommon compared to the US, since the local football club is regarded by most English football supporters as part of the local identity and social fabric, rather than as a business that can be transplanted by its owners at will.
58mB TIL troop of 15 monkeys escaped a primate research center in Japan by using trees as catapults over a five-metre high electric fence (and afterwards were lured back with peanuts).
Jd78 TIL Bill Nye the Science Guy’s ex-wife tried to poison him
kvwW TIL that Canada and Mexico are more ethnically diverse than the United States