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VyyQ TIL in every British nuclear submarine there is a handwritten letter from the British Prime Minister, to be opened only if the country has been decimated by nuclear war.
M7MRK TIL that Mandarin-dubbed episodes of "Growing Pains" led to the creation of China's first multi-camera sitcom "I Love My Family", with 120 episodes produced from 1993 to 1994.
Brl5K TIL of the Mosuo people, a matriarchial society where its men have minimal responsibility in society, beyond "nighttime visits", raising their sisters children (but not their own), fishing and the occasional pig slaughter.
M7y0b TIL, like the "dearly departed," ancient Egyptians referred to their dead as "Westeners." The west bank of the Nile was considered the land of the dead most likely because the sun sets in west with the living on the east. Osiris, the God of the dead, is called Lord of the West.
R5PV9 TIL Spacesuits are equipped with a "spongy device" in the helmet to allow astronauts the ability to plug their nose