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TIL that Laos is the most bombed country in the world and the United States eventually dropped the equivalent of a planeload of bombs every eight minutes, 24 hours a day, for nine years

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Zpmxp TIL that the Earl of Sandwich restaurant found in Disney World, Orlando, was founded by the current Earl of Sandwich, and his son Orlando.
lopa1 TIL: Viruses evolve differently to adapt to their mode of transmission. A water-borne virus (e.g. cholera) is virulent because fecal matter can transmit to care-givers. OTOH, droplet-borne viruses (flu, SARS) become less virulent over time to create more ambulatory carriers for transmission.
VBYkm TIL of mad honey, the hallucinogenic product of certain asian honeybees that eat rhododendrons,
rRYWd TIL Robert Henry Lawrence, Jr., was the first African American astronaut. The project he worked on would go on to become the International Space Station. He died in the backseat of his plane while teaching a cadet how to fly 50 years ago this past Friday (December 8, 1967). He was 32 years old.
d8ogK TIL of Henry de Bohun, a brave knight who thought he could kill Robert the Bruce on the open field because the King of Scots was armed only with an axe. Robert regretted the incident because he broke his favorite axe splitting Henry's head.