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TIL teleportation was used in Star Trek because the budget didn’t allow for expensive shots of spaceships landing on planets

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XE56Q TIL actor John Banner, famous for his iconic role as Master Sergeant Hans Georg Schultz in CBS' Hogan's Heroes, was an Austrian-born Jew. He emigrated to the United States in 1938, and sadly, lost many of his family in the Holocaust.
WrJN TIL Leprechauns traditionally wore red, not green. This changed in the 20th century because of Irish stereotypes.
95dG TIL that Google made a detailed, interactive map of the galaxy in HTML5, just to see if they could.
jNP8E TIL That Paul Rueben's (Pee Wee Herman) father was one of the five founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force.
1agD TIL 80 year old Sameul Whittemore was shot in the face and bayoneted 13 times after killing three British soldiers. He recovered and lived another 18 years.