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TIL in 2010, following slumped sales after the Financial Crisis of 2008, Gap decided to redesign their 20-year longstanding logo, costing an estimated $100M. The amount of public backlash was so great, that Gap took the decision to revert back to their old 1990 logo after less than one week.

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pAbA TIL that a lifeguard in South Florida was fired for saving someone who was drowning because the guy wasn’t technically in the lifeguard’s assigned area.
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