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TIL There were 80 million undetonated bombs (UXO) in Laos from the Vietnam War. There is a group called Article22 that works with local Laotian craftspeople and the MAG (Mines Advisory Panel) to clear UXO and turn it into beautiful jewelry.

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xV8B1 TIL that in 1969 the Rolling Stones hired the Hell's Angels to provide security for their gig at the Altamont Free Concert for a fee of $500 worth of beer. A man by the name of Meredith Hunter Jr. drew a revolver at the stage and was stabbed and kicked to death by the Hell's Angels.
8aGE8 TIL Tom Hanks refused to get paid for his roles in Forrest Gump and Saving Private Ryan, preferring to take percentages of the movies’ worldwide total gross instead. He got almost $60 million from Forrest Gump, and between $30 million and $40 million from Saving Private Ryan.
W778L TIL in 1970, Sean Flynn, son of actor Errol Flynn, disappeared in Cambodia while working as a photojournalist during the Vietnam War. While leaving the country’s capital, he set off on his motorbike for a press conference in Saigon. He were never seen again, and in 1984, Flynn was declared dead.
VBEM8 TIL King Philip IV of France expelled the Jewish people from his kingdom only for his son, Louis X to later ask them to return when the loss of many tradesmen and educated men hurt the kingdom's economy. Seven years later Charles IV would once again expel the Jewish people.
jNdMM TIL that when a town bully & criminal kept getting away with his crimes, the town took matters into their own hands. He was shot dead in front of 40+ people but everybody claimed they saw nothing. Nobody was ever charged.