Leonard Nimoy (Spock) is the only actor to appear in all 80 episodes (counting the original pilot) of the original series.

Warp engines work by allowing particles of matter and antimatter to commingle in a reaction chamber regulated by a dilithium crystal.

Your entire world may have just shattered and we're sorry, but Captain Kirk never uttered this mistakenly iconic phrase. The closest thing he ever said was "Scotty beam me up" which doesn't sound nearly as cool.

People hated Malcolm McDowell (Soran) so much after he killed Captain Kirk that he actually received death threats.

The first entirely computer generated movie sequence in cinema history was the Genesis Device demonstration video in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The studio that made the scene would later become Pixar.

NBC executives claimed that the pointy-eared, half-blood alien was too satanic looking and would likely frighten the audience.

Eddie Murphy had a role written specifically for him in Star Trek: The Voyage Home, but he made the questionable decision to star in The Golden Child instead.

There were no human females in the main cast of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Major Kira Nerys was Bajoran, and Lt. Commander Jadzia Dax was a joined Trill.

The only official intoxicant served in TNG's Ten-Forward is Synthenol, an artificial booze that loses its inebriating effects the moment a crew member leaves the bar.

George Takei once called for peace between Star Wars and Star Trek fans to unite against Twilight fans.