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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

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