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TIL Moana was the best-selling movie of 2017; it sold 4.4 million units and made a revenue of $116.3 million from home video sales.

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69yJX TIL the iconic Smiley Face image was designed by Harvey Ross Ball in 10 min for $45 for an insurance company in 1963, though he didn't trademark or copyright it. In 1971 two brothers "simply appropriated it" by adding "Have a Happy Day" to it to copyright it then selling 50m related buttons/products
ZpdQD TIL the conquest of the Aztec Empire by the Spanish was only possible because of support from the Tlaxcaltecs, Totonac, and other native peoples
XE6r8 TIL an angry caller left Mike Judge a voicemail during Beavis and Butt-Head‘s original run, ranting how much he hated his show it in an incomprehensible accent. Judge found the caller hilarious and used him as inspiration for Jeff Boomhauer and his distinctive speech patterns in King of the Hill.
R5P49 TIL in 2013 McDonald's gave Charles Ramsey free food for a year after he helped rescue 3 women, who had been held hostage for years, while carrying a "half-eaten Big Mac." In addition, 14 local Ohio restaurants also gave Ramsey free burgers for life.
OKVe TIL: the word “thug” comes from Thuggees, who were professional robbers and murderers that terrorized India for 600 years. They were eventually destroyed by the British