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TIL: If you are an atheist, Saudi Arabia considers you a terrorist which is punishable by death.

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p876A TIL Treason is not only a federal crime in the USA. Just over half of the states have their own treason laws. Of only 30 individuals who have ever been convicted of treason in the USA, 0 federal convictions ended with execution, while 5 of the 6 successful state convictions ended in execution.
Avmn TIL Kurt Russell was the civilian pilot who witnessed the infamous mass UFO sighting in Phoenix Arizona in 1997 (AKA the “Phoenix Lights”)
Z8EnQ TIL During the Cold War, Chairman Mao brought up the idea China could give the US 10 million of its female citizens as a gift. Henry Kissinger replied by calling the idea a "novel proposition."
5VW8P TIL that actress Brooke Shields is descended from both the Medici and Borgia families, along with both Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror.
5VmpD TIL that there is a tree species that is able to 'walk' by changing its old roots to new ones.