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TIL the current SNL announcer is 96 years old

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j6Pkp TIL that James Joyce's book "Dubliners" took 9 years to be published, on the stipulation that he wouldn’t receive royalties on the first 500 copies. Though debuted to positive reviews, the book eventually sold exactly 499 copies—one short of Joyce being able to profit from it.
xkko TIL The world is running low on Helium, which unless a new source is found, will be gone in 25-30 years.
Y7pZr TIL about the fictional murder of Ronald Opus. His (urban) legend started as an anecdote from the president of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and grew to become inspiration for the Paul Thomas Anderson film Magnolia.
lYjA TIL that a woman’s breasts can grow up to 25% larger when she’s aroused.
YpADZ TIL the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan was built on Lake Texcoco, which was engineered to segregate freshwater & saltwater with dikes to maintain a drinking water supply. The Spanish drained the lake to build Mexico City, resulting in water shortages. Mexico City sank 10m over the past century.