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TIL China accounts for more than 60% of religiously unaffiliated people in the world

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dDkor TIL Australia's modern logistics industry was formed from the stuff the US military left behind after WW2.
pNde TIL that in 1997, four years before being arrested for spying for the KGB, Robert Hanssen was caught using a password cracker on a federal computer. When asked about this, he said that he was simply trying to install a color printer, and so he needed the administrator password. They believed him.
dXd9 TIL in medieval England children were beaten on the 28th of December to remind them of King Herod’s cruelty.
4kbDX TIL that Top Fuel dragsters accelerate faster than fighter jets and space shuttles, pulling over 5 Gs at launch!
WBZo TIL bald eagles build the largest nests of any bird; the largest nest ever found was 10 feet wide and 20 feet deep (3m x 6m) and weighed more than 2 tonnes!