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TIL that Liars Find It More Rewarding to Tell Truth Than Fib When Deceiving Others

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1arw7 TIL that there is a "letter of last resort" on every trident nuclear submarine in the Royal Navy. They are hand written by the PM and destroyed unread every time a new PM is elected. They contain orders for an event where Britain is destroyed, but nobody will know what they are until that time comes
wojm6 TIL Our sun isn't yellow, orange, or red. It's white.
arbJ TIL the average cloud weighs about 1.1 Million Pounds
PvGJ TIL Carl King, with no prior background in law, took it upon himself to prove his friend was innocent after being jailed for 21 years. The jury convicted Colin Warner on charges of second degree murder based solely on the eyewitness testimony from a 14 year old boy who admitted to lying on the stand
d0eE TIL Tibetan monks sleep sitting up and even have a special “box” for it (pic in article)