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TIL in Thailand, police officers who are caught breaking minor laws are forced to wear Hello Kitty armbands for a few days.

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5YVl9 TIL it takes up to 10 years for a cigarette to fully decompose
Wy8A TIL the “Waffle House Index” is informally used by FEMA to determine storm impact and required disaster assistance. It’s based on the Waffle House restaurant chain’s reputation for staying open during extreme weather and reopening quickly after severe events like tornados or hurricanes.
ZpExa TIL Titanic passenger Edgar Samuel Andrew was so angry he had to board Titanic, he wrote in a letter on April 8, 1912: "... right now I wish the 'Titanic' were lying at the bottom of the ocean." Week later, his wish came true.
jNEN TIL the Governor of New York wrote an article in 1919 warning of a “holocaust” against “six million” Jews in Europe [resubmission because TIL mods took down last one that reached the front-page because they said it was not verifiable. Article now contains JewishVirtualLibrary citation]
Zp7K4 TIL that Cluster headaches - a disorder with no known cause that affects roughly 0.05% of people per year and causes headaches regarded as the most severe pain known to medicine - received less than $2 million in research funding from the US National Institutes of Health between 1998-2013.