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TIL the USA nuclear missile fleet is controlled by 1960’s computers with no internet to prevent hacking.

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W710A TIL that the 1947 Belgian census was so controversial that it resulted in the discontinuing of language censuses in Belgium. Since 1961 there has been no official information on Belgian language knowledge or use.
xlLD TIL: Saturn’s north pole is a hexagon, and no one knows why.
n01d TIL that groomsmen (specifically bridegroom-men) were originally at weddings to protect the bride from being kidnapped by another suitor
Wk9LY TIL that Nazi Germany printed lots of British banknotes and planned literaly drop them in British territory to increase inflation and collapse the economy of Great Britain
JdJ4 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson used to troll guests in his car by driving into a lake whilst pretending that the brakes were failing – the car was, secretly, an amphibious vehicle.