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TIL that Patrick Stewart hated having pet fish in Picard's ready room on TNG, considering it an affront to a show that valued the dignity of different species

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yG6e TIL Richard Nixon’s head in Futurama makes the “Aroo” noise because Nixon reminded the voice actor of a werewolf.
8xkL TIL that the disclosure of the sex of the fetus is strictly prohibited under the law in India because of issues with “female foeticide” and the negativity associated with having a female child creates due to the dowry system.
e4m6 TIL John Swartzwelder, a writer for the Simpsons used to write episodes while sitting in a booth at a coffee shop “drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes”. When California passed an anti-smoking law, he bought the diner booth and installed it in his house.
NX4YE TIL that India has a very rare river shark called the Ganges River Shark, which only has 240 individuals left in the world.
Pj0Z TIL that the difference between jelly and jam is that jelly is made from fruit juice while jam is made from crushed fruit.