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TIL every morning, English submarines equipped with nuclear warheads emerge and tune in to BBC Radio 4 "Today" show. If it fails to transmit, they assume UK had been destroyed.

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O1d7 TIL that in the 13th century AD a French monk compounded all human knowledge into a tome of 32 books and 3,718 chapters; ranging subjects from philosophy, biology & psychology to the minutest details of theology, such as the nature of how angels communicate.
4kPlN TIL Francesco Guicciardini, a 16th century historian and right-hand man of Pope Clement VII once wrote in his journal "three things i'd willingly see before i die: a well ordered republic in my native Florence, the barbarian invaders driven from Italy and the world freed from the rascal priests"
R649 TIL Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, was able to view his obituary before he died due to a news-outlet mishap. Due to all the horrible things he read about himself, including being called “the merchant of death”, he decided to dedicate his fortune to the creation of the Nobel Prize.
R7RL6 TIL Elvis Presley's Graceland home is the second most-visited house in America with over 650,000 visitors a year; second only to the White House
a815Z TIL the world’s first motor race was held on 22 July 1894, organised by Le Petit Journal. 21 steam and petrol cars drove 126 km from Paris to Rouen. The fastest car (steam) finished in 6h48m at 19 km/h, but the prize went to a Peugeot petrol vehicle judged best on safety, economy, and ease of use.