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TIL Klingons from Star trek are actually based off Japanese people.

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5Vnok TIL that between 1983 and 2004, NBC ran 2 hours of comedy programming every Thursday night, known as "Must See TV". The lineup included some of the most iconic comedies of all time, such as Frasier, Seinfeld, Friends, and Will & Grace. They placed 1st almost every week. They now rank 4th.
nKyW TIL John Wayne, after some phone complaints, went down and told Frank Sinatra to end a party held in the suite directly below his own. A bodyguard confronted him, Wayne looked at him & turned as if to leave, then backhanded him and smashed a chair over his head. The noise stopped.
AD0nB TIL in 1998 Alice Walton (Sam Walton’s daughter) could have paid a $650 fine, instead she fought it and got convicted of DWI. After being released she went to the hospital for a blood test to prove she wasn’t drunk and tested at a .16.
9wLgp TIL a computer programme called ePuzzler was developed in Germany to automatically piece together the documents the Stasi tried to shred after the fall of the Berlin wall based on torn edge characteristics, font and colour
Jdo1 TIL that for 50 years, the Nazi-style salute was the official salute for the American flag.