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TIL that Billy Campbell was the first choice of the producers of “Star Trek: The Next Generation” to play the role of William Riker, but lost the role to Jonathan Frakes. Campbell later guest starred on the show's 2nd season, playing the title character in "The Outrageous Okona".

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4XZMa TIL the Earth often has more than one moon. The Earth captures asteroids and they orbit our planet for about a year before being pulled away by the sun. The mini-moon 2020 CD3 left us on March 7th and was about the size of a compact car. The technical term is "temporarily captured object."
ZlyY TIL that up to 150 of the worlds elite from politicians to academia, industry and the media have been meeting annually, behind closed doors, at Bilderberg conferences since 1954.
Z8jVB TIL the Latin phrase Magnum Opus, that modernly refers to the greatest achievement of an artist or writer, was first used almost 2,000 years ago to describe the pursuit of the Philosopher's Stone, a legendary alchemical substance also known as the elixir of life.
e09X5 TIL That Caterpillar has autonomous mining truck and those trucks have more 70 millions of kilometers since can operate 24/7 in a mine. (I left heavy machinery ennvironment 20 years ago, but seems that them have been researching fron 30+years righ in front of my nose).
698MZ TIL a criminal named James Allen requested a copy of his deathbed confessions be bound in his skin and given to a man Allen had previously attempted to rob. The family kept it for years, using it to spank their kids and grandkids when the children misbehaved.