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TIL during an interview about the casting of Jean-Luc Picard, Gene Roddenberry was asked by a reporter, “Surely they would have cured baldness by the 24th century?” Roddenberry answered, “In the 24th century, they wouldn’t care.”

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G405 TIL in 1974 the U.S. National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals advised, “no new [prisons] should be built and existing institutions for juveniles should be closed…There is overwhelming evidence that [prisons] create crime rather than prevent it.”
QJP99 TIL I learned that after the Bounty mutiny, William Bligh was made Governor of New South Wales. After trying to eradicate the local rum trade, he was overthrown in the first and only armed takeover of government in Australian history
KOx1J TIL Phil Hartman used to be a graphic designer and designed the logo for Crosby, Stills & Nash.
W51X TIL Ancient Rome was eight times more densely populated than modern New York.
9666 TIL hundreds of chimpanzees were bred for AIDS research in the 1980s, only to find out that HIV doesn’t cause AIDS in chimps.