May 23 TIL that the United States bombed Laos with the equivalent of a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, for 9 years. That adds up to 270 million bombs total, or about 100 bombs per Laotian at the time.
May 23 The pink sand of Komodo Island, Indonesia, caused by foraminifera, tiny red-shelled marine organisms.
