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LQgEd TIL that Patrick Stewart, a theater actor, was hesitant to sign a 6 year contract to perform on Star Trek: TNG, but his agent reassured him that the show would probably fail after one season. Stewart expected to "make some money, get a suntan, and go home."
9YRWr TIL Gene Roddenberry kept pitching a Star Trek movie where the crew accidentally prevents JFK's assassination; to correct this, Spock was supposed to become the man on the grassy knoll.
N7e9Q TIL Vietnam vets have told William Shatner how they'd "keep sane" while in POW camps by re-enacting Star Trek episodes