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TIL The co-founder of the CIAs venture capital firm, In-Q-Tel, was originally a video game designer.

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RGQ8 TIL shortly before she died, Majel Barrett recorded an entire library of phonetic sounds, allowing her voice to be used in future products outside of Star Trek and, quite possibly, as the computer voice in Star Trek: Discovery. Thus, she could live on as the voice of Starfleet possibly for all time.
L9vQ TIL that Alaska is the easternmost state in the United States, as a part of the Aleutian Islands is technically in the eastern hemisphere
6E4G8 TIL The Allies considered bombing Auschwitz in an effort to stop operations at the concentration camp.
6aEJ TIL that a first class ticket on the Titanic cost $4,350 in 1912 which would be approximately $106,200 per person in today’s dollars
m11vy TIL Achoo Syndrome is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing after sudden exposure to bright light such as the sun.