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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Sanguinusshiboleth on 2025-08-01 19:08:55+00:00.

Original Title: TIL the Official Secrets Act of Britian was created after Charles Thomas Marvin sold the details of a secret treaty to the press and it was realised there was no law to actually prosecute him. It’s suspected that this is the basis of the Sherlock holmes story “The Adventure of the Naval Treaty”