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TIL that DeForest Kelley never actually said "Damn it Jim! I'm a doctor, not a..." in the original Star Trek series on TV. The word "damn" was actually banned on TV at the time.

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x6810 TIL: that Bob Dylan’s “positively 4th street” is referenced to 4th avenue in New York, the heart Of Greenwich Village. Where the folk scene was based and where Bob Dylan originally started his career at, with other folk artists, many of whom hated Dylan after his electric performance at Newport
awA40 TIL of Ball Lightning, an unexplained phenomena where a luminous ball of what looks like lightning appears at ground level, moving unpredictably and 'bouncing off buildings, people and cars'. Despite many accounts, very little is known about why it occurs.
kObmd TIL about Koro , a delusional disorder in which an individual has an overpowering belief that one's sex organs are retracting and will disappear, despite the lack of any true longstanding changes to the genitals.
Aved TIL more countries start with ’S’ than any other, but ‘A’ covers the most area, and 'I’ the greatest population
5rRQ TIL During Cleopatra’s reign, she would soak the sails of her ships in perfume so the scent would drift to Rome before her arrival