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TIL that while the Theme from Star Trek does not play its lyrics when Star Trek airs, it does have unheard lyrics written by Gene Rodenberry, the creator of the franchise. As such, the Rodenberry gets paid every time an episode of ST:TOS airs

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8O1X TIL a Cleveland woman who was arrested for a traffic infraction was ordered to stand on a corner during rush hour for two days holding a sign that read “Only an idiot would drive on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus.”
VBpWp TIL There are computers for the Amish. There are computers specially designed without internet, video, or music capabilities. The features include word processing, drawing, accounting, and spreadsheets.
aL8A TIL that in 2000 a paediatrician was driven from her home in Wales when local “vigilantes” confused her job title with “paedophile”.
W7JVY TIL a person called Andreas Mihavec holds the record of surviving the longest without any food or liquids. He was forgotten in a basement jail cell in Austria in 1979.
gMMm9 TIL that due to being in the same room a psychiatrist's mental health patients became recommended friends to eachother on Facebook.