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TIL the King of Jordan appeared in Star Trek.

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6EOGw TIL that air conditioning caused various shifts in demography, notably that of the USA starting from the 1970s. Until 1970, the birth rate in the spring was lower than during the other seasons, but the introduction of air conditioning leveled out this difference at the end of the 20th century
BrGdd TIL that the concept for the show Quantum Leap (traveling back to different moments in history) came from a discarded premise for "Galactica 1980", which would have seen Apollo traveling back to different spots in Earth's history to fix changes made by Baltar.
roeW TIL the average Buzzfeed article is written at only a 4th grade level
aKM TIL: Harrison Ford got his first big gig in Hollywood because he installed cabinets as a carpenter at George Lucas’ house.
b95dZ TIL of Jack Ryan, who worked on designing medium range missiles for the Pentagon before joining Mattel and working on designing the initial Barbie doll and Hot Wheels cars