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l7jZa TIL A re-edit of the pilot episode of Battlestar Galactica was released theatrically in 1978 in Canada before the television series aired in the United States, in order to help recoup its high production costs.
m1KQo TIL that the grandfather of actor Tom Felton (Draco from Harry Potter) is Nigel Anstey - a geophysicist who has made major contributions to seismic exploration, which are the foundations for many of the techniques used in today's oil and gas exploration. Nigel was born in 1927 and is still alive.
Y7Wgx TIL that legendary rock drummer Ginger Baker unsuccessfully auditioned for a "Weird Al" Yankovic film(titled UHF)
N7wv6 TIL of Martine Rothblatt, a lawyer and Ph.D in medical ethics who founded Sirius XM satellite radio, worked on the Human Genome Project, designed an electric helicopter for organ delivery, is a licensed pilot, and is transgender.
5BgQ TIL an MIT developed a wristband that can regulate your “thermal comfort,” possibly eliminating the need for central heating and cooling.