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TIL following the attacks of 9/11, executives were unsure if it was too soon to air SNL. Lorne Michaels asked the mayor of NYC “can we be funny?” and the Mayor replied “why start now?”

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LGnd TIL Dragonflies are brutally effective killers, managing to capture their prey in midair more than 95 percent of the time
ZRWD TIL: The USA overthrew the democratically elected leader of Iran and installed a dictator.
grPa4 TIL that Antarctica used to be a rainforest
xVBwD Today I learned scientists have been able to track the history of the AIDS virus. Through research they believe 'patient zero' lived Cameroon in Africa, and contracted the disease around 1908, after hunting a chimp and being infected with SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus)
bd9E TIL there is an island in the Indian Ocean that is illegal to visit due to a native tribe that kills visitors