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TIL Since their invention, cars have killed an estimated 60–80 million people, injured at least 2 billion

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pLDA TIL that Nichelle Nichols did not dislike wearing Uhura’s very short Starfleet uniform on ‘Star Trek’ (1966-1969). She later said, “I was wearing them on the street. What’s wrong with wearing them on the air? I wore 'em on airplanes. It was the era of the miniskirt. Everybody wore miniskirts.”
jLGp TIL that, before his days as a supernatural detective, Norville “Shaggy” Rogers was once a track star and gymnast, “both of which hint at his uncanny skills in quickly evading villains.”