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TIL Star Trek’s James Doohan (‘Scotty’) prevented a fan from committing suicide. His support and encouragement inspired her to go back to school and become an electronics engineer.

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dlKd TIL Henry Winkler (‘The Fonz’) has dyslexia, has written an 18-book children’s series whose main character is dyslexic, and he plays the kid’s music teacher in a BBC TV adaptation. The teacher is based on the one person who provided him moral support in his own schooling.
WZaA TIL the CPU powering NASA’s New Horizons is the same CPU which powered the original Playstation
gxZ7 TIL that Justin Bieber is the fifth most hated man in a US poll that includes murderers.
4Ywg TIL a 6-yo girl victim of the infamous radioactive accident that occurred in Brazil, 1987, was left alone in an isolated hospital room and received no treatment whatsoever until her death
kOaGm TIL 12 camels were disqualified from a Saudi beauty pageant when a veterinarian was caught injecting their noses, lips, and jaw with botox to make them more attractive.