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TIL That each submarine in the British Royal Navy contains in it a letter only meant to be opened in the event of a nuclear strike on English soil and what to do in said event.

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4XLJX TIL: Mary Anne and Ginger are the last two surviving members of Gilligan's Island.
69Bal TIL People throw €1.5 million in coins into the Trevi Fountain each year.
m1WPO TIL that in its first appearance at the Olympics, Suriname was represented by a single athlete, a runner who missed his event for arriving late to the heat after being given wrong information about the time.
a68b TIL babies spontaneously dance when they hear music, and smile more when they hit the beat
LrBP TIL that the Bond character Pussy Galore was based on real life spy, Romanian born Pussy Deakin. Her husband was one of the last British heroes of WWII, and was knighted in 1975. She would have been called Lady ‘Pussy’ Deakin.