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TIL The worst Star Trek Next Generation episode is widely regarded to be “Shades of Gray”. It was a previous clip show created due to a lack of funds left over from other episodes during the second season and the writer, Maurice Hurley, refers to it as a “piece of shit”.

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v1gNr TIL that Split-brain syndrome is a disconnection of the left and right brain hemispheres produced by Corpus callosotomy(a surgical epilepsy treatment). This results in both brain hemispheres acting and perceiving things differently.
B40x TIL In 2003, a Boeing 727 was stolen from Angola. Neither the plane nor the pilots have been seen since.
EBY0 TIL that Rose from the movie Titanic was only 17 years old.
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177X TIL that there is a physiological justification for splashing cold water on your face to calm down: The Mammalian Diving Reflex