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TIL Spy Kids is on the National Film Registry, being added in 2024

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gM8v8 TIL That Golden Gaytime, a popular Australian ice cream treat, has the slogan "It's hard to have a Gaytime on your own".
P18GG TIL that Dwight Eisenhower took up painting during the last twenty years of his life and did about 260 paintings including a portrait of Abraham Lincoln
b9ogN TIL The Brothers Grimm wrote a fairytale, called The Brave Little Tailor, wherein a tailor kills seven flies in one blow and, through an amazing series of misunderstandings, becomes the king of his own kingdom.
J1BGQ 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.
BrXeb TIL the first Paddington Bear stuffed toy to be manufactured was created in 1972 by Gabrielle Designs, a small business run by Shirley and Eddie Clarkson, with the prototype made as a Christmas present for their children Joanna and Jeremy Clarkson (later known as a British TV presenter and writer).