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TIL Laos is the most bombed country in history relative to its population size

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7rRwO TIL Blue Macaw parrot from the movie 'Rio' is now officially extinct. A study released in September found that the Blue Macaw is extinct in the wild along with seven other bird species.
M7GGK TIL when the artists arrived to record "We Are the World," Stevie Wonder told them that if the song wasn't finished in one take, he and Ray Charles would drive them home.
4XYXa TIL 20 years ago, Chris Evans got his first big break in Hollywood by starring in Not Another Teen Movie, in which he wore a whipped cream bikini and stuck a banana up his butt
eVk5 TIL that Coca-Cola was sued over Vitaminwater being advertised as a “healthy alternative” to soda despite having 33g of sugar. Coca-Cola dismissed the suit claiming that “no consumer could reasonably be misled into thinking Vitaminwater was a healthy beverage”.
XEEEQ TIL State Farm refused to insure Florida homeowners for 5 years due to the high risk and only came back as a subsidiary in 2011 to limit liability on the company as a whole.