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The Expanse
Fun Facts: Season 1, Episode 3
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The Science of The Expanse: Season 1, Episode 1

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Belter Class is in session. "Stay calm, unte kowlting gonya gut, to pochuye ke." - Stay calm and everything will be okay.

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Captain Haddid's into cinnamon aroma therapy.

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Whoa! That's Jeremy from Bitten, isn't it? What's he doing in outer space?

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Martin Roach (Admiral Souther) provides the voice of Dr. Claw on the new Inspector Gadget (2015) animated series.

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Television fans may recognize Kenneth Welsh from his role as the villainous Windom Earle on Twin Peaks (1990-91).

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Octavia Muss (played by Athena Karkanis) is named after famed science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler, author of the Patternist series, the Xenogenesis series and the Earthseed series.

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In the novel, Miller had an ex-wife named Candace. Her character was combined with Octavia Muss for the television series.

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The small capsules Lt. Lopez (Greg Bryk!) takes are 'focus' drugs, allowing him to be hyper-aware of the captives emotional state and body language … effectively turning him into a human lie detector.

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You may recognize Markus Parilo from his role as the Undertaker in the second season of FX's Fargo.

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Brian George (Arjun Avasarala) is probably best known for his recurring role as Dr. V.M. Koothrappali on The Big Bang Theory.

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Anderson Dawes (played by Jared Harris) is named after Howard 'Howdy' Dawes, a western music singer of the early 1950s who lived next to one of the writers in the 1970s.

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You may not recognize John Chou from his role as Sagyan, one of Rahm Tak's goons in the third season of Defiance.

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The Donnager docking bay is the largest virtual set on the show. Only the catwalk is real.

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You may recognize Jean Yoon (Captain Yao) from her appearances on Orphan Black, Beauty and the Beast and Peg+Cat, as well as Syfy's own Lost Girl and Warehouse 13.

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More than 200 background actors were enlisted to film the riot sequences on Ceres.

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