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TIL George Carlin was the first host of SNL when it aired October 11th 1975.

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MeGNm TIL that in 1990, a pilot was partially sucked out of his plane when the windscreen failed. The cabin crew couldn't pull him back in so he dangled outside the plane for 20 minutes until the copilot landed the plane. The pilot made a full recovery.
1aOrP TIL Finland has planted 150 million trees per year for decades. For a small nation of 5½ million people that means 27 trees per person. If the entire European Union were to do the same, there would be nearly 14 billion trees planted every year in the EU.
DRnJ TIL A group of amateur scientists launched 200 paper airplanes from an elevation of 23 miles with a weather balloon. Launched in Germany, the airplanes flew as far as Canada, Australia, India, and even South Africa.
4XN6R TIL that residents of Churchill, Manitoba leave their cars unlocked to offer an escape for pedestrians who might encounter Polar Bears
9P8X TIL the Jay Treaty of 1794 between the U.S. and England so angered the French that they did not invite the U.S. to the Convention du Mètre, which is cited as a major reason why the US is not on the metric system.