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TIL Terry Crews said the reason Fox didn't promote idiocracy was because Mike Judge had companies pay for product placement and then he made them look bad (Starbucks gave out hand-jobs). The film tanked in limited release but made over 20 times its gross domestic box office revenue in DVD rentals.

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DQNLP TIL Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry was involved in multiple open relationships, including one with Nichelle Nichols, the actress who played Uhura.
8eerP TIL in 1983, NFL Chiefs running back Joe Delaney sacrificed his life in an attempt to save three children from drowning. His number is unofficially retired by the team and a statue was put up in his hometown.
aAvo TIL: By growing algae in water, Scientists have found a way to produce bio fuel, without the need of the agricultural land needed to feed the population.
6NGm TIL in 1924 there was a steam powered car which could reach over 100 miles per hour, and it achieved about fifteen miles per gallon of kerosene with negligible emissions.
lobm1 TIL of the Mountjoy prison escape in Ireland where three IRA men escaped the prison in a hijacked helicopter