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TIL George Takei wants Star Wars and Star Trek fans to come together and fight the Twilight menace.

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Z8RdY TIL of the "Malice at the Palace", a 2004 fight between the NBA Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons as well as fans that resulted in nine players being suspended and five charged with assault, as well as five fans also facing assault charges and being banned from attending Pistons games for life
1aOx4 TIL about Finger Binary. A method to count up to 31 on one hand and up to 1024 on two hands
78EJZ TIL that in 1987, orcas (killer whales) from three different pods in Puget Sound, adopted a trend of wearing salmon as hats.
JbWv TIL The “Red Queen” is not another name for the Queen of Hearts in “Alice in Wonderland.” They are actually two separate characters. The Queen of Hearts is from “Alice in Wonderland,” and the Red Queen is from the sequel “Through the Looking Glass.”
ADgJd TIL Marlon Brando’s final film was a movie called “Big Bug Man”. The animated film, co-starring Brendan Fraser, still has not been released and likely never will be.