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TIL that the Letters of last resort are written by the UK PM and tell what to do in the event of a nuclear strike. The letters are sent to four submarines that will open the letters if they don’t receive a UK naval broadcast for four hours straight, assuming that a nuclear strike had occurred.

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Oo8AX TIL Warner Brothers shut down an entire publisher that they owned and destroyed almost all their stock, just to prevent Noam Chomsky & Edward Herman from publishing a book critical of US foreign policy
vnl8 TIL JRR Tolkien’s great granddaughter, Ruth Tolkien, is the only blind person in the UK to be a competitive fencer. She is currently ranked the 186th best fencer in the country.
9a9G TIL that chicken feathers can be processed into a biodegradable plastic-like material and are used in products as varied as dishes, circuit boards, beauty products, and boat construction.
oBeJL TIL No cases of strangers hurting children by hiding poisons or sharp objects in candy have been proven. However, in rare cases, family members have used the story to try to cover up murder or accidental deaths. Also, some children have copycatted it and then pretended it was the work of a stranger.
Y7eR7 TIL Saturn’s moon Titan is the only other world in the solar system other than Earth that has weather and liquid on the surface