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TIL the canonical reason for most of the alien races to be humanoid in Star Trek is an ancient humanoid species seeding the oceans of many worlds with DNA codes 4.5 billion years before the start of the series, directing the evolution of life towards a physical pattern similar to their own.

The ancient humanoids were one of the oldest sentient species and possibly the first humanoid species to evolve in the Milky Way Galaxy on an ancient planet.

They flourished some 4.5 billion years ago and explored the galaxy, but found no other lifeforms like themselves.

At least Earth, Indri VIII, Loren III, Ruah IV, and Vilmor II were directly seeded by the ancient race.

Other species that likely originated from seeded primordial seas included Klingons, Romulans/Vulcans, and Cardassians.

It was hoped that their descendant species would come together in the spirit of cooperation in order to assemble the program.

The ancient humanoid in the recorded message was played by Salome Jens, who later played the Female Changeling on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

(Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion) Star Trek Online has a storyline that confirms that the two races are the same within the canon of the game. »

Mireille Knoll: marches held in France after suspected antisemitic killing

Authored by theguardian.com

Silent marches are taking place in Paris and other large French cities in memory of an 85-year-old woman who survived the Holocaust but was stabbed to death last week, in what is being investigated as an antisemitic attack.

After killing Mireille Knoll, her attackers set her local authority flat alight in a poor area of the French capital.

Last year, Sarah Halimi, a 65-year-old Orthodox Jewish woman, was beaten and thrown out of the window of her home. »

Meet Profile Engine, the “spammy” Facebook crawler hated by people who want to be forgotten

Authored by qz.com

Profile Engine is a fairly low-budget-looking search engine, started in 2007 in New Zealand and partly owned by the Auckland University of Technology.

In 2008, Profile Engine acquired the rights to crawl through the back-end of Facebook and go through its user data.

If you google “Profile Engine,” the majority of the results are instructions on how to delete yourself from the site. »

Ten Ways That Carter Influenced Translation -- and Vice Versa

Authored by huffingtonpost.com

So, it shouldn't be difficult to believe that translation affects the oval office in more ways than most people realize.

When Carter accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, a sign language interpreter appeared on nationwide television for the very first time.

This marked an important and groundbreaking moment, as it helped to highlight awareness of the deaf population living in the United States. »

TIL Comedy Central originally wanted to remove Timmy from South Park due to the potential controversy over the inclusion of a mentally handicapped character. Matt Stone and Trey Parker pushed to keep the character on the basis that other children in the series treat him equally.

Authored by southpark.wikia.com

When addressing Jimmy Valmer, the other major handicapped South Park character, he is able to say "Jimmy", and in "Helen Keller!

In the South Park opening theme song for Season 6, he sings "Timmy timmy timmy timmy, timmy timmy livin' a lie timmy!

Comedy Central originally wanted to remove him from the episode, in fear of potential controversy over the inclusion of a mentally handicapped character. »