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TIL The most commonly struck letter on your keyboard, and the second most popular key after the space bar is E -the most common letter in the English language.

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eDOb TIL that for its first few seasons, SNL was just named “Saturday Night” due to the existence of another show called “Saturday Night Live.” Hence, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night” rather than a variation that uses the show’s full name.
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