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R5MY9 TIL that one of the most quoted lines from Star Trek: The Original Series is “Beam me up, Scotty." It’s been used in merchandise, commercials and other media influenced by the show. Ironically, this exact quote has never actually been said in any Star Trek episode or movie.
JYklV TIL that between 1945 and the early 1990s, approximately 40,000 Brutalist, alien-looking sculptures called Spomeniks were built all over Yugoslavia. Intended as World War II memorials, some are the size of a 15-story building.
R5rGw TIL that there is a type of coating that absorbs 99.65% of visible light
jGoR TIL a man bitten by a poisonous coral snake killed the reptile by biting off its head then used its skin as a tourniquet
6vKw TIL there was a cancelled animated show called “Clone High” that was about a government ran high school. The students were clones of famous people, such as Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Mahatma Gandhi, Cleopatra, and John F. Kennedy.