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TIL Gene Roddenberry devised the names for his characters Khan (Khan Noonien Singh) and Data’s father Noonien Soong in the hopes that a friend he had met in WWII would recognize his name and contact him.

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oBAwE TIL that the Swedish Navy was chasing around fish farts thinking it was a Russian Submarine
WkByA TIL: That the Yakuza has been distributing sweets to local children at Halloween since 2013 in the city of Kobe.
8xPZ TIL of the 2003 Iranian film, Crimson Gold. The lead role of a suicidal, schizophrenic pizza delivery man was played by an actual paranoid schizophrenic pizza delivery man, who had never acted before. The film was banned in Iran for being “too dark”.
b9w6a TIL about Mary Ann Brown Patten, who took command of a merchant vessel in 1856 when the captain, her husband, became ill and the first mate was found to be sabotaging the voyage to win a bet he'd placed on a competitor. She defeated a mutiny attempt and brought the ship safely back to port.
awgWy TIL that 100 years ago, motorised kick scooters like todays ”Bird“ scooters, were already a thing. They were foldable, had a top speed of 15 mph and were used by New York gangs as getaway vehicles.