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TIL for Star Trek’s groundbreaking interracial kiss, NBC worried that Southern affiliates might refuse to air the episode, so they filmed the scene with and without the kiss, but stars Nichols and Shatner consciously sabotaged the non-kiss takes so they could only air the kiss version.

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x6om5 TIL A renowned Pakistani fabric, Ajrak makes use of camel and cow dung in it's manufacturing.
bnBa TIL that around Christmas time in 1959, a man killed his wife with a hammer, beat his daughter, and then drank acid. The house has been uninhabited since although the Christmas tree still stands and wrapped presents still sit on a table.
GY0y5 TIL that up until 1912, Americans could place an order in the Sears catalog and receive a syringe, two needles, and two vials of heroin in a handsome carrying case from the German pharmaceutical company Bayer for $1.50
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