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TIL that Saturday Night Live has a branch show abroad SNL Korea

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W7V1X TIL John Geoghan, who was a priest convicted of molesting over a hundred boys, was murdered in his cell by another inmate less than a year into his 10 year sentence.
WXmY TIL Edgar Allen Poe’s novel “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” (1838) had an eerily coincidence with an incident 46 years after it was published, a yacht sank in real life and 3 of the 4 survivors also decided to eat the cabin boy…named Richard Parker.
9WWQ TIL John Quincy Adams chose to be sworn in as President of the United States on a book of law instead of the Bible because he wanted to swear upon the Constitution.
9YB0p TIL Dublin was once a colony of the UK city of Bristol
WNVX TIL in the MMO game, EVE Online, there’s a fleet (alliance of players) that names their space stations after spoilers from major TV shows, movies, games, etc. in order to deter enemy fleets from attacking them. (WARNING: Spoilers in the source)