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TIL: In 1971, Nike paid a college student $35 for the "swoosh" logo she designed.

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rRBNM TIL in 2009 an upset musician who had his $1200 Martin Guitar badly damaged by United Airlines and refused compensation, decided to write a song about it. In 10 days it gained 4 millions views and managed to knock 180 Million off United's Shares. The song was called "United Breaks Guitars".
neRKG TIL that the total mass of the entire asteroid belt is only about 4% of the mass of Earth's Moon
QNxkM TIL that in Season 1 of The Simpsons, Mr Burns is NOT voiced by Harry Shearer. The character was originated by Christopher Collins, who was also the iconic voices of Starscream and Cobra Commander. He was replaced after reportedly clashing with Sam Simon.
LknEm TIL after experiencing headaches Gerardo Moctezuma consulted doctors who performed an MRI revealing a tapeworm in the middle of his brain. It was removed in one piece during surgery. Doctors said it had been there for a decade and the rare condition was caused by eating under-cooked meat.
kMEg TIL that the reason we have access to so much free online porn, is mostly because of a man named Fabian Thylmann, who bought up many of the paid pornography sites and made them free; gaining revenue through ads instead.