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TIL Carolyn Davidson, the designer of the iconic Nike Swoosh, was originally paid just $35 for her work. Later the company acknowledged the impact of the logo and gave her shares, now worth a million dollars.

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x6vOb TIL about the Personal Rescue Enclosure or "rescue ball", a 36 inches (91 cm) sphere intended to protect an astronaut in space in case they had to leave the Space Shuttle; another suited astronaut would then carry the sphere. It was developed in the early days of the Shuttle program but never flown.
WxKA TIL Most children in New Zealand start school on their 5th birthday as opposed to the beginning of the school year
6EDgX TIL that Guns n' Roses guitarist Slash caught his mother and David Bowie naked in bed together.
XLwE TIL of Richard Jewell who became a national hero for saving hundreds of lives when he spotted a bomb at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, only to be wrongly accused of the crime 3 days later
DADp TIL that 10% of all the humans who have ever lived are alive in the world right now.