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TIL the trollface meme “(Problem?)” is copyrighted. At the meme’s height, when it was plastered on t-shirts the creator would would pull in between $10,000 and $15,000 every few months.

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PYgPg TIL Salvador Dali didn’t believe he would die, “If someday I may die, although it is unlikely, I hope that the people in the cafes will say, ‘Dalí has died, but not entirely.’” This is fitting considering that a museum in Florida is bringing him “back to life” for an AI enhanced exhibition.
VkZ TIL that there is a billionare in Australia who is building a replica of the Titanic with a Madien Voyage planned in 2016.
LQMgv TIL When the crocodile’s jaws work, the tear ducts are stimulated and hence the impression that the crocodile is crying over its food. That's why a false, insincere display of emotions is called "crocodile tears"
P1PE TIL that YouTube has 8 years of content uploaded every day.
8a1AL TIL that barcodes (UPCs specifically), invented in 1949 by Norman Woodland & Bernard Silver, are simply a set of lines broken into 7 unique spaces that represent 0-9, and identify a country of origin, a manufacturer, and an item.