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TIL Jonathan Goldsmith “The Most Interesting Man in the World” played a crewmember on the original Star Trek.

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WkWE9 TIL of an attempted plane bombing in 1985 where the bomb went off an hour early, while still in the airport. The perpetrators did not realize that Japan does not observe daylight saving time, so the bomb went off before it made in onboard.
DQK4J TIL the "Mother of Women's Judo" was a Jewish-American woman born in Brooklyn, New York. After being barred from competition in the states for being a woman and having to return medals she won posing as a man, she became the first woman to train with men at Kodokan- the Worldwide Judo Headquarters.
4XEX TIL that Abraham Lincoln was the only sitting U.S. President to be on a active battlefield. Lincoln had to take cover when Confederate soldiers saw him.
xVbx5 TIL A transgender woman tried to burn down the house from the movie 'Mrs Doubtfire' in 2015. The house was owned by a plastic surgeon who the transgender woman claimed botched her surgery.
4kpA6 TIL a serial pooper has been targeting golf course for over 10 years and has never been caught