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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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QNr6p TIL Galileo observed Neptune with his telescope in 1612, recording it as a star, 234 years before is was formally discovered.
MgyB TIL: Many statues in NYC are of the same woman who was the first nude woman in film and spent the last 40+ years of her life in an asylum
Lkdop TIL that when helicopters kick up sand while they are spinning blades, the sand creates a static discharge from the friction of the rotor blades spinning. This generates a bright light surrounding the blades as they spin.
8Dpa TIL Desmond Doss is the first and only conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor. During the Battle of Okinawa, he aided and saved the lives of 75 wounded infantrymen. He did not carry a weapon or kill enemy soldiers.
5wxp TIL A California dentist, Dr. Mark Anderson, was accused in 2007 of fondling the breasts of twenty-seven patients. Although he claimed that these “chest massages” were an effective treatment for TMJ, Anderson was later convicted of eleven counts of felony sexual battery.