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TIL Martin Luther King personally talked Lt Uhura out of quitting Star Trek because he thought her role was so important

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OjG4 TIL Russell Crowe, Daniel Day-Lewis, Vin Diesel and Nicolas Cage all turned down the part of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
OQxR TIL that the guy at the end of American Dad episodes is Security Guard Peña a Venezuelan-American who worked at the office buildings where Family Guy and American Dad! are produced.
78bOp TIL that aside from telling Frodo "And you have my bow", Legolas never speaks directly to Frodo at all in the entire "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, including the extended editions.
AZjg TIL during prohibition Herbert Hoover would go to the Belgian embassy to have martinis, as it was not illegal to possess alcohol on foreign soil.
0wYKv TIL in 1995, MCA released an alternative rock album of songs from classic cartoons such as Banana Splits, Speed Racer, Scooby-Doo, and Jetsons. Artists included Liz Phair, Collective Soul, Butthole Surfers, Sublime, Violent Femmes, and others. It was certified Gold, sold over 500k, and charted #67