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TIL British nuclear weapons were armed with only a bike lock key until the mid 90's.

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X0AJj TIL that barnacles (balanus glandula) are sticky little crustaceans related to crabs, lobsters, and shrimps.
6E4Xl TIL that workers at Yosemite National Park used to create a 3,000 foot "waterfall" of fire by building a massive bonfire at the top of Glacier Point and push the burning embers over the edge. The practice went on for almost 100 years and only ended in 1968.
KbVR TIL that Worcestershire sauce is the result of a British recreation of Indian sauces.
7PBx TIL a ton of money is worth $908,000 (weighing only dollar bills)
p8RKe TIL of Redoshi, a woman believed to have been the last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade. She was captured in 1860 in West Africa at age 12 and worked on a plantation in Alabama. She died in 1937 and lived long enough to become acquainted with people active in the civil rights movement.