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TIL the television show “Star Trek” aired 22 years before the first evidence of an exoplanet, in 1988, (planet outside our solar system) and 26 years before the first confirmed observation of exoplanet.

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AD5rg TIL the setting of the Chronicles of Narnia was based on a real Italian town now called Narni; C.S. Lewis got the idea for the place name after looking at an early 20th century atlas
BajW TIL Elvis Presley on finding out about his wife’s affair, forcefully had sex with her and said “This is how a real man makes love to his woman”
nGKB TIL A 16 year old attempted to prank gang members stating “are you ready to dye” before pulling out a bottle of Clairol hair dye. Before the bottle could be pulled out, one of the gang members shot the 16 year old multiple times in the head.
RvW1 TIL Patrick Stewart, while he was going bald in his teens, believed no woman would ever be interested in him again, and gave up on the idea of love and relationships.
wL6JY TIL Oscar nominated actor Lew Ayres declared himself a conscientious objector and served as a medic in WWII. He donated all of the money he earned as a serviceman to the American Red Cross.