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TIL that if the UK chain of command is killed in an nuclear war, each nuclear submarines have a hand written letter from the PM telling them what to do. They can: Retaliate, not retaliate, use the commanders judgment or put themselves under the control of an allied country.

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a6mL TIL- Killer Peter Kurten, the so-called Vampire of Dusseldorf asked the prison psychiatrist shortly before he was executed by guillotine, : “Tell me, after my head has been chopped off will I still be able to hear; at least for a moment, the sound of my own blood gushing from the stump of my neck?”
Z1ga TIL that when Aaron Sorkin was asked why Tom Cruise and Demi Moore don’t sleep together in A Few Good Men, Sorkin responded: “Women have purposes other than to sleep with Tom Cruise.”
ebW4 TIL that in 1567,Hans Steininger, the man said to have the longest beard in the world, died after he tripped over his beard and broke his neck running away from a fire. He usually bundled up his beard in a leather pouch, but that day he hadn’t.
BgKxD TIL about Atalanta, a heroine from Greek mythology who offered to marry any suitor who could outrun her in a race, but could defeat any man in a race, until Hippomenes got some help from Aphrodite to beat her in a race.
yQmPV TIL that the origin of high-heels can be traced back to 15th century Persia when soldiers wore them to help secure their feet in stirrups. Persian migrants brought the shoe trend to Europe, where male aristocrats wore them to appear taller and more formidable.