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TIL How Bird Poop Built an Island Empire (and Destroyed It)

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8aYma TIL about Jimmy Savile, who was said to have been the first disc jockey to use twin turntables to keep music in constant play in the late 1950's. He also happens to be one of Britain's most prolific sex offenders.
5YZoB TIL nobody really knows how nukes would be launched by the UK. The PM holds the sole power to launch a nuke. However, constitutionally, they should discuss the decision with the cabinet first. They should also discuss it with the monarch, due to the monarch being the head of the armed forces.
0dMe1 TIL the the Royal Canadian Mounted Police place undercover sky marshals on every Canadian flight to Ronald Regan Washington National Airport
GApMJ TIL that former major league baseball player Ron LeFlore first played organized baseball in prison while serving a sentence for armed robbery. After being released, he played for 9 seasons and was largely known as a base stealer.
wL4nE TIL of Oland, an island in Germany with a population of only 16 people. Storms flood Oland every week during winter. It has a railway track which was built in 1923 and it takes 20 minutes for Olanders to reach the mainland through it.