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TIL the current SNL announcer is 96 years old

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v1naD TIL that it's possible to rejuvenate cells. Scientists were able to restore vision in old mice with this technic.
NxV6 TIL that in 2001, British author Giles Foden (Last King of Scotland) compared Eminem to Robert Browning, one of the foremost Victorian poets, and remarked that “a brief examination of ‘Stan’ reveals it to have all the depth and texture of the greatest examples of English verse.”
pYmX4 TIL that Kamikaze suicide attacks of WWII were not limited to aircraft. There were also submarines (Kairyu), human piloted torpedoes (Kaiten), speedboats (Shinyo), and underwater divers (Fukuryu).
OoxOY TIL of the Atlanta Compromise (1895) Southern blacks would work and submit to white political rule, while Southern whites guaranteed that blacks would receive basic education and due process in law. Blacks would not focus their demands on equality, integration, or justice.
OGGAe TIL in the UK, it is a legal requirement for at least 5% of all broadcasts on a channel to be in sign language. At least 10% must have audio description. This is on top of a requirement for 90% of programmes to be subtitled.