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TIL that the only reason that the United States has the same Stop Sign design as the rest of the world is because the UN adopted the USA standard. The US never signed the UN convention that made it standard.

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p8W8e TIL When The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released, several promotional inflatables where stolen off the roofs of Burger Kings, with some culprits demanding ransoms and some restaurants offering a reward. These Spongenappings continued in 2012, when the sequel was released.
OGDLX TIL actor Andrew Garfield bagged The Amazing Spider-Man role due to an unreleased scene of him eating a cheeseburger and telling Gwen Stacy to calm down. The way he ate the food was described by the film’s director Marc Webb as something “I just hadn’t seen before” and that it worked.
e0na4 TIL Phyllis Smith who portrayed Phyllis on 'The Office' did not audition for the part. She was a member of the casting crew... the director liked her demeanor so much that he offered her a role in the show.
v87j TIL Nike made a commercial with a Samburu tribesman saying “Just Do it” in his native language. An American anthropologist called them out. He actually said “I don’t want these, give me big shoes.” Nike’s response: “We thought nobody in America would know what he said.”
NgAb TIL The vocalist on Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky” almost blew off the gig because she had tickets to a Chuck Berry concert and didn’t particularly like Pink Floyd’s music.