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TIL actor Edward James Olmos who played William Adama in the show Battlestar Galactica, had a clause in his contract about no aliens. "The first four-eyed monster I see, I'm going to faint on camera, and you're going to write me off the show." The show became a cult classic for its gritty realism.

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