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TIL the expression "Curiosity killed the cat" originally continued with "but satisfaction brought it back"

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WkWj9 TIL Fred Savage was the first person to host Saturday Night Live who was born after the show’s premier in 1975. He was 13 when he hosted in 1990.
a8J9o TIL 4000 luxury cars, including Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini and Bentley models, are at the bottom of the ocean after the ship Felicity Ace sank
78RrZ TIL of a man who, after being gifted a flight in a fighter jet by coworkers, accidentally ejected himself from the cockpit. He survived, though he later stated he had never previously expressed any interest in such a flight.
jKkM TIL Edward Norton commented on smashing the Volkswagen Beetle in fight club by saying, “We smash it … because it seemed like the classic example of a Baby Boomer generation marketing plan that sold culture back to us.”
jMQj TIL in 1957 Richie Ashburn, a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, hit a foul ball that struck spectator Alice Roth breaking her nose. When play resumed, Ashburn hit another foul ball striking her again as she was being taken off on a stretcher.