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TIL that Fox News threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying its famously anti-democratic party agenda.

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JYDQ8 TIL Constance Shulman was picked to be the voice of Patti Mayonnaise on the cartoon "Doug" after the show's creators discovered her on an actual Kraft Mayonnaise commercial
n9r TIL that, in a July 2007 poll surveying Russian 16-19 year olds, half of the respondents agreed that Stalin was a “good leader.” 54% said that he did more good than bad.
YpjMx TIL before 'The Addams Family' movie, actor Carl Struycken resembled the original Lurch so much that instead of a casting call, he had a meeting with the director and producer. The producer let him know he got the part by saying, "Well, that's what you're going to be for the rest of your life."
ve6D TIL that drying your hands with paper towel will reduce the bacterial count by 45 - 60% on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255% because it blows out bacteria already living in the, conveniently, warm moist environment.
v1gnx TIL that a 2014 study conducted by the WIFII determined that roughly 4% of webpages contain a reference to female anatomy