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TIL: Roddenberry wrote lyrics for the original Star Trek theme song

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0w6VM TIL Congress wanted to replace the $1 bill. A report by congressional auditors claims that replacing dollar bills with dollar coins could save taxpayers $4.4 billion over 30 years. The coins last for decades, but the bills wear out and replaced every 4 or 5 years. Most Americans oppose the idea.
16RDV TIL Benjamin Martin designed and built a pocket microscope in 1738. This design became very popular and was later copied throughout Europe, known as drum microscope
nlgd TIL there is no state within the US where one can afford rent on 40 hours of federal minimum wage work
5pOP TIL George RR Martin types with one finger only
9wk6 TIL Seth MacFarlane and Mark Wahlberg both were booked on AA flight 11 which crashed into the World Trade Center. Wahlberg decided last minute to fly to Toronto, and MacFarlane missed it by just 10 minutes due to a hangover.