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TIL that Richard Nixon was nicknamed "Tricky Dick" by his opponents while running for Senate.

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aBKA TIL that January 6th is known as “Little Women’s Christmas” in parts of Ireland. Traditionally, this is the one day a year that husbands would do housework and their wives would go to the pub instead. It is still common for Irish women to have a “girls night out” tonight.
Br6xx TIL that people on average know around 130 countries and that there are lots more to discover.
MAa0 TIL An Iranian fighter attempted to down a UFO. He instead immediately lost all communications, weapons, and instrumentation, which were purely mechanical.
lowEN TIL that Werner Heisenberg was pressured by the Nazis to work on the atomic bomb, and his refusal would mean death. Heisenberg took on the project, but purposely sabotaged it to ensure failure.
16OlD TIL of Lewis Harned, an American who served as an ambulance driver in WWII from 1943-45, attached to the British Army. He also served in the Gulf War, 45 years later, with the American Army, from 1990-91.