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TIL Patrick Stewart, was initially considered for the role of Data in Star Trek: The Next Generation. Roddenberry did not want to cast Stewart as Picard, since he had envisioned an actor who was “masculine, virile, and had a lot of hair”. Roddenberry’s first choice was Stephen Macht

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lvkB TIL that Greg Graffin, the lead singer of “Bad Religion”, also holds a PhD in zoology and is a biology professor at Cornell University.
xDBD TIL Zildjian, the cymbal maker, is one of the oldest companies in the world. Founded in 1618, it’s just under 400 yo. Zildjian means “Bell Maker,” a name given to the Alchemist hired by the Ottoman Sultan to create noise-makers for war. The manufacturing process remains a family secret til this day.
Eg6Od TIL Macaulay Culkin's real name is Macaulay Macaulay Culkin Culkin.
Q1x9 TIL Muhammad Ali saved a man from committing suicide in 1981 by shouting at him ‘I am your brother.’
gQdb TIL that two days before Chuck Yeager’s historic first flight to break the sound barrier, he fell off a horse and broke two ribs. He did not tell anyone, apart from his wife, and his friend Jack Ridley, who made him a device to close the X-1’s hatch out of a broom handle.