TIL that in Thailand, if your spouse cheats on you, you can legally sue their lover for damages and can receive up to 5,000,000 THB ($140,000 USD) or more under Section 1523 of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code
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Submitted July 26, 2024 at 09:57PM by Mavrokordato
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Submitted July 26, 2024 at 09:57PM by Mavrokordato
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Samuiforsale
Thai Divorce law Translation of Civil Marriage Laws | Thai Law Texts (translations)
Law, legal dissolution of marriage, Thai law translation, divorce laws governing ending of a marriage in Thailand and consequences under Thai law
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TIL that with a population of 170 million people, Bangladesh is the most populous country to have never won a medal at the Olympic Games.
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Submitted July 26, 2024 at 09:49PM by Blackraven2007
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Bangladesh at the Olympics
Participation of athletes from Bangladesh in the Olympic Games
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TIL that newborns can sleep up to 16-17 hours a day, but in short bursts.
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Submitted July 26, 2024 at 11:07AM by StokkeBaby
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Nested Bean
How Much Do Newborns Sleep?
Did you know that, according to the National Sleep Foundation, by the age of two, most children will have spent MORE time asleep than awake over the course of their life? Clearly, sleep plays a large role in your baby’s life – even beyond the first year!…
TIL of the Ngatik massacre, where almost the entire male population of an island was murdered for Tortoise shells and left a massive linguistic mark in the region.
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Submitted July 26, 2024 at 11:13PM by Sanguinusshiboleth
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Ngatik massacre
1837 massacre in Micronesia
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TIL, with a running start, Usain Bolt ran a 100m in 8.70 seconds in 2009
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 12:28AM by chillwatching
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World Athletics
Bolt runs 14.35 sec for 150m; covers 50m-150m in 8.70 sec!
- Jamaica's multiple Olympic champion and World record holder Usain Bolt added yet another win to his growing career tally after racing to victory in this evening's BUPA Great City Games 150 metre sprint on a track laid in the centre of this northern English…
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TIL a poor Mark Twain sold a man a lost dog for $3, then later helped the original owner find the dog for the same amount
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 01:53AM by ArchCrossing
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TIL that one company owns Louis Vuitton, Tiffany, Dior, Fendi, Givenchy, Marc Jacobs, Stella McCartney, Sephora, and Princess Yachts
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 03:25AM by Just_Want_To_Write
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LVMH
French multinational luxury goods conglomerate
TIL that chicken little is an anti nazi film to teach about the evils of mass hysteria.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 04:50AM by new_distractions
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Chicken Little (1943 film)
1943 film by Clyde Geronimi
Today I Learned Maya Rudolph of SNL is in a Prince cover band called Princess
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 03:44AM by anunfriendlytoaster
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First Avenue
PRINCESS (Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum) - First Avenue
Don’t worry. We won’t hurt U. We only want U 2 have some fun. We are a Prince cover band. We are awesome. One thing’s for certain. We know what...
TIL that despite $50 million in sales, the popular candy bar “PB Max” was discontinued simply because the Mars family doesn’t like the taste of peanut butter
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:17AM by LockhartTx2002
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PB Max
candy bar
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TIL When Einstein and his wife Mileva Maric divorced, his son Hans Albert had a grudge against his father and when he said he wanted to be an engineer at 15 which made Einstein furious
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 05:43AM by ubcstaffer123
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Einstein in 2 minutes
Albert Einstein
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TIL of Haym Saloman, the man who financed the American Revolution. He was set to become the richest man in the country, but as the money owed to him was never repaid, he died penniless at the age of 44.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 07:31AM by look_at_yalook_at_ya
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Haym Salomon
American businessman
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TIL: 7/10 Americans believe that their mom is a "cool mom" according to a survey. They also replied that they learned about responsibilities from watching their mom. Respondents who answer as such tend to spoil their mom with gifts as adults.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 07:26AM by Flares117
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Peoplemag
Seven in 10 Americans Really Think Their Mom Is Cool, Survey Finds
Nearly seven in 10 respondents (68%) report that they learned how to juggle responsibilities from watching their moms "do it all" over the years
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TIL Residential lawns in the US use up about 9 billion gallons of water every day
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 01:26PM by somepeoplewait
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19january2017snapshot.epa.gov
US Outdoor Water Use | WaterSense | US EPA
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TIL that George Washington had two stepchildren but no biological children
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 03:38PM by AgentOfFun
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Slate Magazine
George Washington Had No Children. Or Did He?
Why the story of the first president’s family will always fascinate me.
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TIL that Yuki Togashi, captain of Japan men's national basketball team, is only 1,68 m (5'6 ft) tall.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 04:15PM by capribex
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Yuki Togashi
Yuki Togashi (富樫 勇樹, Togashi Yūki, born 30 July 1993) is a Japanese professional basketball player who currently plays for the Chiba Jets Funabashi of the B.League in Japan.
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TIL of the ATU Index, a system for classifying folktales from around the world by cross-culturally recurrent elements. The system now includes such types as "Persecuted Heroine", "Animal Bride", or "The Cat as Helper".
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 04:02PM by theTeaEnjoyer
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Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index
catalogue of folktale types used in folklore studies
TIL Children with ADHD receive an estimated 20,000 more negative messages before age 10 and avoid failure more than other peers.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:28PM by crimson_dovah
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ADDitude
Children with ADHD Avoid Failure and Punishment More Than Others, Study Says
Adult authority figures reproach and correct children with ADHD more often than they do children without the condition. This frequent criticism may cause children with ADHD to more frequently avoid challenges or situations where they may face admonishment…
TIL when Great Britian sent a search team for the Franklin Expedition, the HMS Resolute had got trapped in ice. A year later, the ship was recovered by Americans and gifted the the UK. That ship was taken apart to make 3 desks. One of those desks, the Resolute, currently sits in the Oval Office.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:04PM by Additional-Natural49
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HMS Resolute (1850)
ship
TIL After the US Navy lost the USS Thresher in 1963, it instituted a quality assurance program called SUBSAFE for its submarines. As a result they went from losing 16 submarines to non-combat reasons in the 48 years before, to losing only the USS Scorpion (which wasn’t SUBSAFE certified) since 1963.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 06:37PM by UndyingCorn
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SUBSAFE
US Navy submarine quality assurance program
TIL that the Doomsday clock was set to 90 seconds to midnight in 2023 and remains that way today. This is closer than any time during the cold war.
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Submitted July 27, 2024 at 08:50PM by KitchenSignificant27
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BBC News
Doomsday Clock stays at 90 seconds to midnight
A new nuclear arms race, the Ukraine war and climate change were all factors considered, say scientists.
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