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TIL Winston Churchill and Charlie Chaplin were friends. On one occasion, Churchill taught Chaplin how to do brick laying, which was one of Winston’s favourite hobbies.

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ADvQw TIL that in 1990 a bee learned to clone herself - now her army of millions threaten other species
VjXm TIL during World War 1, Alvin York pretty much single handedly attacked a German machine gun nest, killing 20 and captured 132 solders. His actions made him one of the most decorated solders in the US Army, earning medals not only from the US, but also France, Italy, and Montenegro.
W6M8 TIL The F-22 and Eurofighter Typhoon have been pitted against eachother in mock dogfights in the past. The Typhoons proved to be surprisingly effective against the American aircraft, and after such an encounter the USAF “decided they didn’t want to play any more” as a result.
1avMV TIL As governor of New York, Teddy Roosevelt boxed with sparring partners several times each week, a practice he regularly continued as President until being hit so hard in the face he became blind in his left eye (a fact not made public until many years later).
N7vP TIL the first US Warship to be named after a Black man was so named in 1943 for a sailor that could only get a job in the Navy as a food server, but at the battle of Guadalcanal he deliberately exposed himself to enemy fire to save a shipmate