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TIL that without the support of Lucille Ball (“I Love Lucy”) Star Trek may have ceased to exist.

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5aKP TIL that in one mathematical model using Bram Stoker and Stephen King’s vampires, within 165 days of the first vampire appearing on earth, 80% percent of humans would be exterminated.
4X8yb TIL that the percent of of a NCAA college athletes “going pro” (becoming a professional level player) is less than 2% for all sports, except men’s ice hockey (5.6%) and baseball (9.1%)
p8pXN TIL that Cher was the first woman to regularly display her belly button on television, becoming the first woman to do so in front of a live studio audience in 1971
mwGp TIL in 1998, a group of hackers – identified only by their “hacker names”, including “Kingpin”, “Mudge”, and “Space Rogue” – testified before a U.S. Senate committee. They described how they could take make the internet “unusable for the entire nation” with “just a few packets”.
rej1 TIL of Rent a Goat, landscaping services whereby goats are used instead of traditional machinery or pesticides in order to curb unwanted invasive plant growth.