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TIL The ship registration on Galaxy Quest (NTE-3120) stands for Not The Enterprise.

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EglYd TIL about the War of the Bucket (1325) — a bizarre conflict between the Italian city-states of Modena and Bologna that supposedly started over a stolen wooden bucket.
gKDA TIL as a struggling young writer, Harper Lee received a gift of a years wages from a friend with a note saying “you have a year off your job to write whatever you want. Merry Christmas” she wrote ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’
AdpB TIL: An Italian artist wanted to hitch-hike to the Middle East to show that she could put her trust in the kindness of local people. She was found murdered in Turkey.
E1AjX TIL about the Brooklyn Theater Fire in which none of the staff or actors yelled "Fire" because they were afraid of causing a panic and 278 people died.
dDVY8 TIL that the Catcholic Church still excommunicates people, with the last excommunication being in 2020, when Jeremy Leatherby, a priest in Sacramento, refused to recognize the legitimacy of Pope Francis.