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TIL In an early script for Star Trek: The Motion Picture Kirk was set to fight Jesus on the bridge of the Enterprise

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1a1lW TIL China has 7 coffee shops that are a blatant ripoffs of Starbucks, competing with actual Starbucks without any legal consequences.
OGJ44 TIL: There is a National Toy Hall of Fame, which recognizes toys and games which has sustained popularity and influence. As of 2023, 85 toys have been enshrined such as Barbie, Lego, the Frisbee, a cardboard box, the Game Boy, Chess, and a stick.
DQndg TIL that a team of researchers in New Zealand discovered a fossil of the largest ever species of penguin. Based on the size and density of the bones, it's estimated that it would have weighed 154 kgs or 340 lbs
1am18 TIL: The airspeed velocity of a (European) unladen swallow is about 24 miles per hour or 11 meters per second.
Oo4pe TIL a substitute teacher in Ohio was convicted of four felony counts and sentenced to 90 days in jail along with 3 years of probation, for showing a high school Spanish class the 2012 horror film “The ABCs of Death”.