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TIL one of the key determinants as to whether a UK submarine launches a nuclear missile is if BBC Radio 4 is off air for four hours

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xbOB TIL Congressman Francis Walter gave President Franklin Roosevelt a letter-opener made from Japanese man’s arm. Roosevelt denied the gift and called for it to have proper burial.
LQvpV TIL in 1965, a bus traveling to Ankara collided with a truck carrying nitric acid. The collision caused the acid to spill, and panicked the passengers. They evacuated the bus and suffered burns ln their feet. 17 people melted to death after jumping into puddle to save theirselves in distress.
W7Q8d TIL Alfred Hitchcock refused to meet Steven Spielberg, who had looked up to him. According to Bruce Dern, this was because Hitchcock had agreed to be the voice of the Jaws ride at Universal Studios, and looking at Spielberg made him feel "like a whore."
b6ZgN TIL that alligators can't die of old age. The only way they die is by running out of available food consumption or by being killed by humans. They live an average of 30-50 years old.
e6jL TIL that in Holland,the government introduced a video, which was compulsory viewing for all would be immigrants, showing gay men kissing and topless bathers, with the specific aim of testing muslim attitudes.