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TIL that negative stereotypes about Star Trek fans have existed for a very long time. A 1975 newspaper article mocked them as fat junk-food eaters obsessed about show trivia.

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ZVZv TIL the website Walt Jr. created in ‘Breaking Bad’ is a real website with a button to donate to the National Cancer Coalition.
kJxVW TIL there is a circular island in Argentina, called El Ojo, almost 400 feet in diameter, floating in a slightly larger circular lake.
Y7BPA TIL todays living population makes up 7.5% of all humans that have ever lived on Earth. The population is so high, that for every living person alive today, there are fewer than 15 dead people
wBl7 TIL Best Actor Oscar nominee Richard Jenkins, who played the dad in Step Brothers, drove a linen truck before becoming an actor. His boss was John C. Reilly’s father.
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