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TIL in auditioning for the role of Captain Picard, Patrick Stewart had initially brought a toupee out of concern over his baldness. Gene Roddenberry told him to ditch it.

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lMd1 TIL that May 25th is “Towel Day”. People around the world wear a towel to remember Douglas Adams who wrote about why towels are so great for interstellar hitchhikers in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
njvo TIL The Director of The Truman Show (Peter Weir)wanted to have a video camera installed in every theater where the movie was shown. At one point, the projectionist would cut to the live footage of the audience, then back to the movie.
VNb8 TIL that the Bible has a story about a woman lusting after men “whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses”
MexoW TIL The Jim Twins were separated at birth who didn't meet until age 39. Both were named Jim, had first wives named Linda and second wives named Betty, named their sons "James" and dogs "Toy", chain-smoked Salems, drove Chevys, were sheriff deputies and vacationed on the same beach in Florida.
9w06M TIL of the 118 elements, 19 are named after 20 people. Only Seaborg and Oganessian were honored with elements while still alive, and Oganessian is the only one still living. Proposals to name elements for Einstein and Fermi came during their lifetimes, but they had passed before it became official.