King Rama IX of Thailand (personal name Bhumibol Adulyadej) was actually born in Massachusetts as his father Prince Mahidol Adulyadej was studying at Harvard at the time. Thus he was the only monarch born in the United States of America.
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Fun Fact: The Old Name For Thailand
While Thailand has always been called Mueang Thai to its people, the country (to the English-speaking world) used to be known as Siam.
Fun Fact: Thai–Laotian Border War
The last conflict Vietnam was apart of was the Thai–Laotian Border War in the winter between 1987-1988. It was a small conflict involving their communist ally Laos and its neighbor Thailand. Both sides lost about a thousand men together, and the border dispute ended with Thailand withdrawing.