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#3893
Did You Know...
... that only one among 43,000 planets in the Milky Way Galaxy supports intelligent life?
... that by 2040, television had lost its significance as a mean of entertainment on Earth?
... that most humanoid lifeforms in the Milky Way Galaxy have a common ancestry, a species, formally called the Progenitors, who lived some four billions years ago?
... that Star Trek: Enterprise stood on the brink of cancellation after its third season, but was granted to proceed after UPN renegotiated the fee it paid Paramount for the series?
... that "Unification, Part II" was filmed before "Unification, Part I"?
... that, in 2026, Buck Bokai broke Joe DiMaggio's record for scoring hits in consecutive baseball games?
... that the name "Borg" presumably came from one of Michael Piller's skiing holiday in Sweden?
... that LeVar Burton has directed episodes in all four modern Trek series?
... that Wesley Crusher had attended at the marriage of William T. Riker and Deanna Troi in a lieutenant's dress uniform in Star Trek: Nemesis?
... that humanity's first contact with the Borg took place in April of 2063?
... that the Temporal Cold War is a conflict fought by several factions in different timelines?
... that James T. Kirk was the first cadet at Starfleet Academy to pass the no-win test "Kobayashi Maru" by secretly reprogramming the simulation computer to make it possible to win?
... that the non-humanoid Tholians live at temperatures over 200° Celsius?
... that a second Star Trek franchise after The Original Series called Star Trek: Phase II was already planned in the late seventies, but then commuted to Star Trek: The Motion Picture?
... that the Bajoran people reached an advanced level of technology before Humans had learned to walk upright?
... that by 2376, numerous discharged versions of the Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I were used to scrape plasma conduits or to mine Dilithium ore?
... that Michael Dorn has the most 'regular cast' appearances of any main actor in the Trek franchise, spanning five movies and two series?
... that actor Tim Russ is the only Trek actor to appear on screen beside four of the six series captains?
... that chroniton torpedoes exist in a constant state of temporal flux?
... that the Cliffs of Bole were named for veteran director Cliff Bole?
... that Deep Space Nine's Promenade was the largest standing set in Hollywood?