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TIL Nicholas Meyer, who got credited with revitalizing and saving the Star Trek franchise by directing Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), had virtually no knowledge of Star Trek and had never seen a single episode of the show when approached to direct the film and rewrite the script.

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pYGp TIL that in Denmark, there is an old law which has never been revoked stating: “If the sea between Denmark and Sweeden freezes, you are allowed to hit the Swedes with a stick”
0k9v TIL In 1991, when President Bush proposed placing the DARPA network into the public domain, Democratic Rep. (now Senator) Chuck Schumer argued “it would be a waste of the taxpayers’ money” to essentially give away the Defence Department technology. DARPAnet became the basis for the Internet.
W8b9 TIL: Fresh olives are practically inedible and take several weeks of bringing/fermenting to get rid of the bitter compounds. That’s why olives taste salty.
PW8e TIL that MIT researchers developed a camera which operates so quickly, it can show the movement of light in slow motion.
kObBW TIL The Dominican Republic has gone through 39 constitutions, more than any other country, since its independence in 1844