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TIL: 84% of Egyptians believe apostates from Islam (ex-Muslims) should face the death penalty. 82% believe adulterers should be stoned.

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gpO7 TIL that an Australian man searching for a toilet stumbled across the oldest-known evidence of Aboriginal settlement in existence from 49,000 years ago
kk0g TIL Israel has been selling American military secrets to China for quite some time.
xVZ81 TIL that US Presidential candidates get intelligence briefings. Harry Truman began this practice in 1952 as a reaction to his own experience at the beginning of his Presidency - he knew next to nothing about the U.S.’s intelligence apparatus, including the Manhattan Project.
GYroG TIL that Robert G Heft, who designed the current flag of the USA, did it as part of a school project. He initially got a B minus for his work, but his grade was changed to an A after Congress adopted his design.
9Yvdr TIL In 2014, an Arizona man escaped prison to meet with his girlfriend on Valentine's Day. The man crawled past razor wire, scaled two fences and made his way to a bar about 10 miles away.