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TIL that in development for Star Treck TNG, Gene Roddenberry wanted Deanna Troi to have four breasts.

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xV4Gb TIL Naturalist Thomas Savage went to Africa and acquired the skull and bones from an unknown ape species, which he described in 1847. The ape is known today as western gorilla
oBokA TIL Chuck E. Cheese was originally a division of Atari. It was the pet project of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, who wanted to expand video game arcades beyond more adult locations like pool halls to a child- and family-friendly venue.
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bdna TIL that in a review of the vocal ranges of popular singers, Mike Patton of Faith No More was found to have the widest at just over six octaves.