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TIL that Patrick Stewart, a theater actor, was hesitant to sign a 6 year contract to perform on Star Trek: TNG, but his agent reassured him that the show would probably fail after one season. Stewart expected to "make some money, get a suntan, and go home."

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Ljlv TIL that a single lake (Lake Baikal) holds one fifth of the world’s unfrozen fresh water; more than all the great lakes combined, yet it covers half the area of Lake Michigan. It is both the deepest (1 mile) and oldest (25 million years) lake in the world.
woXmJ TIL that the very original screening of Lion King 1994 had two baby cubs at the end rather than one. This was later changed to one on later screenings.
K0y9 TIL that in 1769, a single lightning stroke struck the city of Brescia, Italy hitting a gunpowder storage. The resulting explosion killed 3,000 people and destroyed a sixth of the city.
D1nme TIL the first theaters in the early 1900's charged a five cents for admission, and were therefore named "nickelodeons."
4krRX TIL that it used to be a requirement for people in the United States to submit to a blood test when they were applying for marriage licenses. The last state to get rid of this mandatory testing was Montana in 2019.