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6R9m TIL that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, added a clause to his contract with Paramount specifying that if anyone actually made a functioning tricorder, they’d have automatically earned the right call it a tricorder if they wanted to.
wLwe1 TIL a Bellagio Bandit stole $1.5 million worth of casino chips, however, these chips turned out to be worthless, so, he joined an online forum, trying to sell the chips he had just stolen from the biggest casino in Las Vegas. He was soon caught and sentenced to prison for 3 to 11 years
Wkam9 TIL that starting in late 1992 only three songs held the number one spot on the Top 40 over a twenty-nine week period
YD8Z TIL that the Netherlands has a higher percentage of English speakers than several countries where it’s the official language, such as Malta and Canada
5VrrP TIL that Billboard's list of top played country music songs was originally known as the "Hillbilly Records" chart, later changing to "Country and Western" in 1949.