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TIL Diehard Star Trek Fans Ranked Galaxy Quest the 7th Best Star Trek film

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OGnKa TIL the aptly named HMS Revenge (1577), after being captured in battle, perished in a storm near the Azores. An estimated 200 Spanish sailors who captured it were lost.
4ka6X TIL there is a permanent settlement on Antartica other than a research base, called Villa Las Estrellas.
N7Bk6 TIL that the Rwandan Genocide, which had a rate of 6 people being killed every minute for 3 months, has left 73% of it's survivors diaspora in Finland traumatised after 22 years.
jNlyj TIL that Super Bowl XXVII was originally to be hosted in Tempe, Arizona, but was moved after voters rejected an initiative to recognize MLK Day. After it eventually passed, the NFL awarded Super Bowl XXX to Tempe three years later.
kJJrm TIL that the set of the film "Good Burger" frequently stank because the meat they used would spoil.