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TIL that Mr T was cast to play James "Clubber" Lang in Rocky III after winning NBC reality show "America's Best Bouncer" and being spotted by Sylvester Stallone

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4kMXg TIL Alpha Cephei will be the next north star in the year 7500, taking the place of Polaris.
E1D17 TIL both Caller ID and call waiting were invented Dr Shirley Jackson; the first African-American woman to gain a PhD from MIT. Her breakthroughs in theoretical physics & telecommunications also allowed for portable fax, fibre optic cables, and solar cells.
R5W54 TIL: There is a small part of Spain inside France. The town of Llivia is a few Kms over the border but has a special road to connect it with the rest of Spain.
6MR8 TIL that Patrick Stewart watched Galaxy Quest in a full theatre on a Saturday night, and laughed louder than anyone there
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