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

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9YMMQ TIL Alice Cooper formed a celebrity "drinking club" in the 1970's called the Hollywood Vampires. You could only join the club if you could out-drink all members, which included Keith Moon, Ringo Starr, Micky Dolenz, Harry Nilsson, John Belushi, and John Lennon.
X0O8P TIL Pekin, Illinois was named under the mistaken belief that the city is on the opposite side of the globe from from Beijing, China. It is actually opposite the Indian Ocean.
xZo TIL Even in ancient statues Atlas is carrying a round world.
dVAE TIL Bhopal gas disaster was the worst industrial disaster ever killing close to 4000 people. The incident happened when poison gas escaped from a Union Carbide factory due to negligence. The American CEO of the company was arrested, let out on $2100 bail and never came back to India to face charges.
a8NlZ TIL I learned about the 1881 Fenian Ram, the world's first practical submarine