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TIL couples who spend more than $20K on their wedding are 3.5x more likely to divorce than couples who spend between $5-10K.

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GYErj TIL a statue of Penn State head coach Joe Paterno was unveiled in 2001, alongside a wall with a quote from Paterno- "I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach." It was removed in 2012 following the Penn State child sex abuse scandal.
0dZD1 TIL: The first TV remote, invented in 1950, was called the "Lazy Bones" and connected to the TV with a wire.
GVQj TIL Shirley Temple’s mother took her to see Santa at the mall when she was young. The mall santa asked for her autograph, and this is when she stopped believing in Santa Claus
J1L94 TIL: The first use of the term “Genocide” and as a crime against humanity in a legal context was the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial led by chief US prosecutor Ben Ferencz
pYeMO TIL Matthew Hopkins was Witch Finder General of England who hanged more "witches" than any other witch hunter.