And this physicist has been bothered about it for 30 years.
Ho hum. Who cares?
Well, I found part 2 of the 3-minute video really interesting. I would give away the amazing fun fact, but then it would stop being a fun fact.
https://www.futurity.org/physicist-star-trek-3268452/
You can skip to 1:15 if you don't want the build up