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TIL Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, allows any company that can make functioning Star Trek technology to use the name free of charge.

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BYKe TIL Nokia has made a concept phone that charges using body heat
j6KLp TIL that Chinese men cut off their queue (plait) as a symbol of revolution in the 19th century.
8aKrP TIL that there is a penis museum in iceland
nemyd TIL The US awarded the Sioux $102 million for taking their land to build Mount Rushmore. But the Sioux didn’t want the money; they wanted their land back. The money has sat in trust accounts, accumulating interest. Today about $1 billion waits untouched in accounts at the Department of the Treasury.
JA11 TIL that mind-blowing sex can give you transient global amnesia, a condition that causes you to lose all of your memories for a couple of hours.