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TIL that Muzzammil Hassan, the founder of a TV network designed to counter negative stereotypes of Muslims, murdered his wife by decapitation

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p1oZ TIL that in the now-defunct Star Wars Expanded Universe, Chewbacca owes a life-debt to Han Solo because Han refused an order from the Imperial Navy to skin the Wookiee as punishment for commandeering a ship full of slaves. Han is dishonorably discharged for his insubordination.
l7WVB TIL: I don’t have to set myself on fire to keep other people warm.
QJ59L TIL Liechtenstein, a country that has one of the highest gross domestic products per person in the world when adjusted for purchasing power parity, has no army because it was deemed too costly.
odw7 TIL that Harvard student Priscilla Chan got a job at Facebook in 2005 by offering founder Mark Zuckerberg a Twizzler. In 2012, they married.
l7eK5 TIL ticks are arachnids, so they have 8 legs