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TIL the inventor of the smiley face only made $45.

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pgNp TIL: A Swiss couple in the Maldives paid £820 to have their their wedding vows renewed in the native Dhivehi language. When the wedding video was posted to YouTube, the subtitles revealed that the minister had actually been insulting them, calling them “infidels” and their children “bastard swine”.
0oa5 TIL Quaker Oats was not founded by, nor has it ever had anything to do, with real Quakers.
J17Pk TIL the term 'Brainfreeze' is a registered trademark of 7-Eleven
Zp9YR TIL the tradition of naming American tanks after generals was actually started by the British during WW2.
enrg TIL … that fake poop has been a favored espionage tool.