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TIL: Martin Luther King Jr. Was a Star Trek Fan. He admired "Star Trek" for its vision of a diverse and harmonious future. When actress Nichelle Nichols considered leaving the show, King persuaded her to remain, emphasizing her role as a vital representation for African Americans.

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kJLjd TIL That prior to beginning his career as a singer, Julio Iglesias found his first calling as a goalkeeper for Real Madrid. After an accident derailed his career, he went on to become an attorney, before leaving the practice of law to become the highest selling Spanish language artist of all time.
YeJA TIL nearly 70% of the 99,000 weapons seized in Mexico in connection with criminal activity from 2007 to 2011 came from the United States.
QNvBd TIL the Devil's Advocate used to be an official position in the Catholic Church whose job was to find evidence against a saint candidate.
aw7QA TIL: Hitler was in Germany illegally for nearly 7 years, could not run for public office, and should've been deported.
M61V TIL the show Deadliest Catch negatively impacts the entire Bering Sea crabbing industry by artificially lowering the operating costs of the boats on the show due to their subsidy from Discovery, allowing them to undercut the competition