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Number 1

The line, "To boldly go where no man has gone before" was hijacked verbatim from a 1957 White House booklet on space exploration. It is one of the more famous examples of a split infinitive and is grammatically incorrect.

Number 2

The founding members of the Federation were Vulcan, Andorian, Tellarite, and Human.

Number 3

Roddenberry originally named the star ship 'Enterprise' the 'Yorktown'.

Number 4

Martin Landau was supposed to play the part of Spock. He was contractually bound to the Mission Impossible cast. Later, when Star Trek was cancelled, Nimoy joined the cast of Mission Impossible by literally just walking across the street to the IM set.

Number 5

Some of Doctor McCoy’s medical instruments were salt shakers.

Number 6

The transporter effect was glitter stirred in water and filmed upside down.

Number 7

The view screen embedded in tricorders was always designed to the same size according to a fixed aspect ratio, that which was used in a typical 1960's television set.

Number 8

The chairs on Star Trek were bought out of a window display.

Number 9

George Takei took time off from Start Trek to appear in the John Wayne movie, "The Green Berets". In his absence, many roles were switched from Sulu to Chekov. This is why Walter Konig is billed first in the credits.

Number 10

Deforest Kelly's real name was "Jackson D. Kelly".
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