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All the good stuff happens in Las Vegas. In this case, it was a new world record for “Most People Dressed in ‘Star Trek’ Costumes.” And, yes, in nerd circles, this is a pretty big deal. (It should be mentioned “nerd” is said with affection, as we are they.) The new record was claimed at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vegas","category-las-vegas-wtf"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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