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TIL about Life After Hate, an organization that helps people break free from violent extremism

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4vvo TIL that Fox News threatened to sue the Simpsons in order to stop them from parodying its famously anti-democratic party agenda.
y0Nl TIL a recent study found that 43% of married people don’t know how much money their spouse makes, and 10% of those who guessed wrong were off by more than $25,000.
KOjwG TIL that the brand name Häagen-Dazs doesn't actually mean anything—it was just made up by American founder Reuben Mattus to sound Danish, though when pronounced it means roughly "garden toilet" in the language.
e0mJn TIL that the Romanian Parliament building is the heaviest building in the world. Despite containing two parliamentary chambers, three museums and an international conference centre, it is still 70% empty.
5lKk TIL Gene Wilder refused to watch the 2005 remake of Willy Wonka because he didn’t want to be disappointed in Johnny Depp