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TIL that when people hear a recorded phrase looped numerous times, they begin to hear it as a song

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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
QNPB9 TIL Las Vegas considered replacing Fremont Street with a canal
grLm4 TIL it would cost at least $130,000 to charter a one way flight to get home to my kid like the mom tries to do in Home Alone. The McAlisters are loaded.
pGYG TIL that the city of Kennesaw, Georgia has a law that all families must own a gun.
XW9j TIL Things like brass doorknobs and silverware sterilize themselves as they naturally kill bacteria because of something called the Oligodynamic effect