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TIL the first Sci-fi novel was written in 2nd Century AD, and featured a group of sailors whose ship is caught in a waterspout and sent to the moon.

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9wLBM TIL about Jamake Highwater, a consultant on Star Trek: Voyager who made a career out of lying about being Native American
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9PrB TIL that Mattel sued the band Aqua because of the double entendres in the song ‘Barbie Girl’. The judge awarded in favour of Aqua, saying “The parties are advised to chill”
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