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TIL thanks to a crossover comic series, Dr. Who is canon to the Star Trek Universe.

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JYbem TIL that Martin Luther King Jr. won a Grammy at the 13th Grammy Awards in 1971. That is one more than Katy Perry, Snoop Dogg and Nicki Minaj.
J1oR8 TIL that Morse code was used as international standard for maritime distress and was later replaced by the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System. When the French Navy ceased using Morse code on 31/01/1997, the final message was "Calling all. This is our last call before our eternal silence."
4XvEo TIL that Dexter Holland, lead singer of Offspring, was valedictorian of his school and had a masters in molecular biology before the band became famous. He since earned his PhD and published a paper on the use of computational molecular biological approaches to identify microRNA sequences in HIV
awBEb TIL that in 2013, rapper Eminem was offered a deal with director Neil Blomkamp to star in the movie "Elysium" as the main protagonist, Max DeCosta. Eminem later declined the offer, because Blomkamp refused to film the movie in Eminem's home city, Detroit. The role was later given to Matt Damon.
JVE8 TIL that Rob Knox, known as Marcus Belby in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, was stabbed to death in 2008 at age 18 in South London after defending his younger brother from two men, one of which was armed with two knives.