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TIL that Picard’s flute sold for $48,000 at auction in 2006.

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5V7Nk TIL that the United Nations has an Office for Outer Space Affairs.
G5jg TIL: Christopher Walken, James Earl Jones, John de Lancie, and John Astin have all recorded a version of Edgar Allan Poes’ “The Raven”. Bonus Vincent Price version in comments
RPd6 TIL that during one particular Rolling Stones concert, four people were killed but the overall population of the concert did not change since four babies were born during the concert as well.
41Za TIL that it is still technically possible to obtain a Letter of Marque from Congress and become a privateer.
Kvo4 TIL Law professor Roger Fisher suggested that nuclear launch codes be implanted in a volunteer’s heart. The president would be required to personally take the life of an innocent person before taking the lives of hundreds of millions.