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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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Bmmy TIL: Research from Moscow State University & the University of Iowa discovered that crows exhibit strong behavioral signs of analogical reasoning—the ability to solve puzzles like “bird is to air as fish is to what?” Analogical reasoning only develops in humans between the ages of three & four.
neWBB TIL that Shakespeare had Merlin delusions
D19we TIL The underwater wreckage of Titanic will disappear by 2030. It's being 'eaten away' by a microorganism "Halomonas titanicae". Also known as the "steel-munching bacteria', they have a special liking towards metals.
yVKvv TIL Ancient Romans used to whiten their teeth with pee (& made toothpaste using urine and powdered cow hoofs)
Wke9d TIL the White House press secretary has more DUI charges than White House press conferences