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TIL Time did not originally name a "Man of the Year" in 1941; Dumbo the elephant, whose film was released that year, was supposed to be "Mammal of the Year". Then Pearl Harbor happened and U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt was quickly anointed "Man of the Year" (for a record third time).

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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.
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