The loudest insect in the world is the male cicadas, which are like crickets. When they rub their abdomens, the sound made can be heard from 1300 feet.

Boeing completed more than 15,000 hours of wind-tunnel testing on the first 747.

The TV show "Saturday Night Live" made its debut on October 11, 1975.

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