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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.

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ANged TIL about toilet gods. "A toilet god is a deity associated with latrines and toilets... Such deities have been associated with health, well-being and fertility."
gMEQb TIL Primatology pioneer Dian Fossey, determined to save the nearly-extinct Mountain Gorillas waged a war against poachers: she led armed patrols, burned their huts, arrested and placed bounties on poachers and convinced the locals that she practiced black magic, in order to scare them away
e0w5k TIL That Buddy Bolden, the man credited with creating the musical innovations that would lead to the birth of Jazz, had acute schizophrenia and was permanently committed to a mental institution at age 30.
wLRr6 TIL Nav Bhatia moved to Toronto in 1984; struggling to find work as a mechanical engineer he sold cars, eventually buying the dealership 2 years later. A "superfan" of the Toronto Raptors, He received an official championship ring and was recently inducted into the basketball Hall of Fame
GY9Y5 TIL Chip-chan is a Korean woman in her 40's who believes her movements are being controlled by an implanted microchip. She has been livestreaming for over 10 years, sleeps 12 hours a day, and rarely leaves her apartment