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TIL that Laos is the most heavily bombed country in history. An average of 55 bombs dropped per minute over 9 years.

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neDpW TIL corpses are used as navigation and landmarks on Mount Everest
70QM TIL that for 15 years, Wilson Sporting Goods has sold a volleyball that is identical to Wilson from the movie Cast Away.
eQv4 TIL a Texas dad engaged in a 3-hour armed standoff with police while trying to prevent doctors from pulling the plug on his brain-dead son. The son eventually came out of his coma and recovered. Dad was charged for the incident, but the charges were later reduced.
69XGl TIL that two years before filming his famous unauthorized adaptation of Dracula, Nosferatu, director F. W. Murnau filmed an unauthorized adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide called The Head of Janus with future Dracula star Bela Lugosi in a supporting role
0Lgy TIL that in 2014 a 17 year old girl was charged with manslaughter for encouraging her 18 year old boyfriend to commit suicide