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TIL 63% of Arab Americans are Christian

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x6b5 TIL Churchill declared “Mr. President, I have nothing to hide from you” while standing naked in front of FDR.
6ErvW TIL of White Boy Rick, an 14 year old FBI informant who was sentenced to life in prison due to the FBI not wanting to admit having used a teenage.
v1kNj TIL of Don Marion Davis, who at 102 is the oldest surviving actor of the silent movie era, who was one of the most famous child actors worldwide
OGgGa TIL honeybees engage in a “dance-debate frenzy” when looking for a new home. Scouts perform a dance in which movements/positions encode directions & vigor indicates quality of a site. Those with opposing views headbutt the dancer: “head-butting seems to be the honeybee signal for ‘shut up!’"
gxlL TIL in WW2, the Soviet Union had an all female airforce regiment of night bombers known as the Night Witches. These women were so feared among the Nazis that they would award the Iron Cross to anyone that managed to shoot just one of them down.