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TIL that Steve Martin was never an actual cast member on SNL; he just made so many guest appearances that people assumed he was apart of the cast

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69Pgm TIL drinking tea was made popular in England by Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II, who brought the ritual with her from her native country of Portugal.
16G5O TIL in 1982, Byron Peiss wrote a book called the Secret. In it, there are clues to 12 treasure boxes hidden in various places all around the US and Canada. As of 2022, only 3 of the 12 boxes have ever been found. If a box is discovered, you can exchange it for bragging rights and a precious gem
bDjE TIL in 1803 a mysterious beautiful woman in a circular UFO-looking boat called a Utsuro-bune washed ashore on a remote Japanese fishing village. She spoke no Japanese and carried a box depicting strange symbols that nobody was allowed to touch.
e05wb TIL that the moon is slowly drifting away from the earth at the rate of 3.8cm (about 1.5 inches) per year.
R7Lp8 TIL that Scranton, Pennsylvania is known as “The Electric City” because in the 1880s, it was one of the first cities in America to have both electric lights as well as electric streetcars.