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TIL tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur

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a8VmJ TIL The most heavily bombed country in history is Laos. The US dropped 260 million bombs on a neutral country, Laos, in attempt to disrupt Vietnamese supply lines along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. An estimated one-third (80 million) of the bombs have net detonated and are still at risk to do so.
5YBp TIL that on the date of April 13th, 2029, an astroid (Apophis) the size of Puerto Rico is expected to fly 18,600 miles above earths surface.
b6Rw7 TIL - The man who unsuccessfully treated President Garfield after he was shot, Dr. Doctor Willard Bliss (First name Doctor), was expelled from the Washington DC Medical Society for his advocacy of homeopathy and his refusal to support the society's segregation of black doctors.