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TIL that the smiley face was invented way back in 1963 by Harvey Ross Ball an American graphic artist

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d8P69 TIL that Darth Vader’s name was partially inspired by one of George Lucas’ high school classmates, Gary Vader.
vZl7 TIL after “Terminator Salvation” the owners attempted to auction off the rights to the Terminator franchise for $60 to $70 million. The sole bid was from Joss Whedon, who offered $10,000.
P1KyV TIL that US interstates are numbered in numerical order
akvN TIL Bill Murray was only paid $9000 to star in Rushmore. He also gave Wes Anderson a check $25,000 to film the final montage after Disney refused to finance it. Anderson never cashed the check.
ZG0Y TIL Blue’s Clues was one of the first shows to use software like Media 100, Photoshop and After Effects to do their animation, and were able to produce episodes four times faster than traditional methods as a result, surprising even Adobe themselves