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TIL Häagen-Dazs is a name made up to sound Danish and doesn’t actually mean anything

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QNGma TIL that the voice actor for SpongeBob SquarePants, Tom Kenny, also voiced the Ice King in Adventure Time and the Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls. His versatility and iconic roles have made him a legend in the world of animation.
awLD0 TIL Southwest Airlines has only had 4 fatalities in it's 53 years of operation, and 2 of those were not the fault of the airline.
P1xWg TIL that in England, suicide was considered a felony "punished at common law by burial in the public highway with a stake driven through his body." Attempted suicide was a misdemeanor.
6Ekrm TIL that there are elections in North Korea, on election day, everyone aged 17 and up is legally obliged to show up to vote. Once it is your turn to vote, you are given a ballot paper with just one name on it, nothing to fill in or cross out, you just take the paper and stick in a ballot box.
mxQwp TIL that This Is Spinal Tap (1984) is the only movie on IMDb that is rated out of 11 instead of 10 all because of a running joke in the movie