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TIL the current SNL announcer is 96 years old

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gMV9W TIL In the past, Aboriginal people tapped the Eucalyptus gunnii to allow the sap, resembling maple syrup, to collect in hollows in the bark or at the base of the tree. Ever-present yeast would ferment the liquid to an alcoholic, cider-like beverage.
Wko0A TIL: Jim Lovell, a carrier-based pilot facing instrument failure, used the luminescent wake of the aircraft carrier to locate the ship. He would later command the Apollo 13 mission.
0VJ1 TIL: In 1999 an Australian called Bill Morgan was hit by a truck and was clinically dead for 14 minutes. When he awoke he bought a scratch card and won a car worth $25,000. When asked to recreate this for the news he won the $250,000 jackpot live in air.
LQlPV TIL the 1998 film "Your Friends & Neighbors" is the first film to be reviewed on Rotten Tomatoes.
wKXJ TIL Asbestos mechanically causes cancer. The fibers are so small that they enter cell nuclei and physically disrupt mitosis.