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TIL there has only ever been 167 featured cast members of Saturday Night Live

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kOLO5 TIL that colour photography has existed as far back as the 1850s
NEOE TIL that after about a millennia of teaching about “Limbo”, in 2007 the Roman Catholic Church concluded that it doesn’t actually exist.
Yy6r TIL the designer of the current US flag was 17 at the time, and created it for a high school project. He received a B-.
5VON8 TIL the small city of Coalinga, California got its name due to steam trains. The town used to be known as "Coaling Station A," where trains would stop to pick up coal. Eventually the name became shortened to "Coaling A" and then "Coalinga."
oYgA TIL that before a concert to ease violent tensions in Jamaica, Bob Marley was shot. He went on to perform, injured, stating that, “The people who are trying to make this world worse aren’t taking a day off. How can I?”