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TIL The Phoenix 1000 is a private luxury submarine for the super wealthy. Holds up to 20 passengers, and can be designed with a wine cellar and gym. $80m

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8eLlG TIL original Trek was cancelled after season 2, the Klingon ship model was made as merchandising, and then Trek was renewed for a third season, allowing the show to use the model which had not been created to be a series prop.
loEK7 TIL the spiked tail of a stegosaurus is called a ‘Thagomizer’ after a joke in a 1982 Far Side comic.
BgV7W TIL of Pancho Claus, a “Tex-Mex” cousin of Santa Claus, that gives out toys to kids in Hispanic neighborhoods out of his low rider.
loA1N TIL a wealthy man from the US bought the London Bridge and moved it, brick by brick, to Arizona in 1968
WLB8 TIL only one MythBusters result has been labeled as Busted/Plausible/Confirmed