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TIL Brad Pitt was on Jackass, twice.

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XEY4k TIL the creator of smiley face got paid just 45 USD to create the iconic yellow smiley face. He didn't copyright his work so never received any royalties for it either.
X4wQ TIL in the final episode of the cartoon Tom & Jerry,both Tom and Jerry commit suicide
1lmW TIL that since some early spellcheckers didn’t have the word “cooperation” without the hyphen, there are various documents online from NATO, the EU, the UN, and other international orgs that use the word Cupertino instead. “The Cupertino with our Italian comrades proved to be very fruitful”
R7mp9 TIL In 1970s, before Studio Ghibli had been founded, Miyazaki wanted to make an animated version of Pippi Longstocking. He showed her many images but the author flatly refused. Miyazaki did end up using his material to create Panda! Go, Panda! (link to images of Pippi's preproduction in comments)
8V1a TIL the average internet speed in the US is half the speed of South Korea. The US is not even in the Top 10 ranking by country.