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TIL Nichelle Nichols was convinced to stay on “Star Trek” by Martin Luther King Jr., who told her, “don’t you understand for the first time, we’re seen as we should be seen. You don’t have a black role. You have an equal role.”

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6E5aQ TIL Although there is no specialized sensory organ for time, our perception of time nevertheless depends on the rate of change in different sensory modalities. In the absence of sensory input, e.g. under anaesthesia, the sense of time is often lost or impaired.
QNGBd TIL stainless steel is not stain free but stains less than other alloys
nWvOY TIL that there are digital high security combination locks that can detect robotic dialing, and can even support two-person locking with one physical dial
E1Dex TIL The Beatles were signed to EMI (Electrical and Musical Industries) in 1962 and with their insane success the label funded the research that lead to the CT scanner, which EMI released in 1972.
QJWOd TIL that sloths don't fart. Their metabolism is so slow that they absorb methane through their bloodstream and breathe it out.