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TIL that the “Most Interesting Man in the World” (Jonathan Goldsmith) played an unnamed redshirt on an episode of Star Trek - and survived the episode

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yVdkl TIL that having a small amount of insulation on a cylinder (like a pipe or water heater) can actually make it lose heat faster than if it were entirely uninsulated. This is known as the critical thickness of insulation. Having more than the critical thickness makes the heat transfer rate go down.
XjpR TIL that one night comedian Artie Lange tried to commit suicide by drinking a bottle of bleach, stabbing himself in the stomach nine times, and slitting his own wrists…and survived
6EPKX TIL that the first Christian marriage in what is now the US was between a white man and a black woman.
rmDd TIL that in Denmark, Die Hard with a Vengeance, is called ‘DIE HARD: MEGA HARD’
pYJPZ [TIL] Bobby Womack, just two months after Sam Cooke’s passing, married Cooke’s widow, Barbara. Then five years later, Barbara shot Womack for having an affair with his 17-year old stepdaughter, Linda Cooke (Sam’s daughter).