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TIL, Lego HQ in Billund, Denmark has an underground vault containing every Lego set ever made.

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Wklb9 TIL after Libertarians from the Free State Project took over the tiny town of Grafton, NH, their municipal budget-cutting and disregard for local wildlife caused bears to become fearless. That led to 3 separate bear attacks.
69yJX TIL the iconic Smiley Face image was designed by Harvey Ross Ball in 10 min for $45 for an insurance company in 1963, though he didn't trademark or copyright it. In 1971 two brothers "simply appropriated it" by adding "Have a Happy Day" to it to copyright it then selling 50m related buttons/products
DQX8V TIL the 1956 Banana Boat Song was based on real life in Jamaica, where workers would load ships during the cool night hours, then wait at dawn for their work to be counted so they could go home.
gMe87 TIL that Pecorino Cheese is sheep cheese—Pecorino in Italian means "ovine" or "of sheep"
B04x TIL that grizzly bears sometimes cover their tracks when they are being followed by hunters.