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TIL that Gene Roddenberry's original script for the first "Star Trek" movie contained a scene in which James T. Kirk has a fistfight with an alien who had assumed the image of Jesus Christ. Certain elements of this script did eventually show up in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"—but most did not.

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xV9bb TIL Bald Eagles are feeding in a suburban Seattle landfill and dropping their trash leftovers in nearby residents' yards. The official “bird management plan" sent drones to chase away birds but were ripped up in the sky by eagles. "Scarecrow" mannequins with safety vest and hard hat also failed.
Oo051 TIL if a zombie outbreak is to ever hit the United States, Alaska would have a high human survival rate, due to several factors including fewest people per square mile, being 2nd highest of gun owners per capita, and 7th in percentage of the population that is physically active.
VXgG TIL That at 14yrs old Snooker Player Stephen Hendry bought his snooker cue for £40, using this cue he won 7 world championships over 20 years until it was broken in the hold of a plane in 2003 after anti-terrorism legislation banned cues from hand luggage
B9WD TIL it was widely believed in the 17th and 18th centuries that man was powered by explosions, such that 23,000 times a day, a human breathed in air containing nitrous particles that, combined with the fire of the heart or the sparks of nerves, created the small explosions that moved the body.
X0P8X TIL they eat what is known as “Fairy Bread” in Australia and New Zealand, which consists of slices of white bread topped with butter or margarine and colored sugar sprinkles.