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TIL Between 2000-2015, Google had an informal motto of “Don’t be evil”. The idea was to have a motto that “once you put it in there, would be hard to take out”. When Google began to track users in 2012, there was a public backlash to the motto. The motto was replaced by “Do the right thing” in 2015.

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BrAmr TIL that when Willem Dafoe flew to the Philippines in 1986 to film 'Platoon', his plane got stuck and he eventually ended up joining the EDSA People Power Revolution, a nonviolent revolution that officially ousted Ferdinand Marcos, its former dictator.
VBEQk TIL about Ortolan Bunting, a vulnerable songbird that is drowned in brandy, then roasted and then eaten whole except for the beak in a single mouthful. Diners drape a towel over their head to (debatably) hide the act from God.
e0KmJ TIL that David Bowie declined knighthood and other awards from the Queen because and he explained: 'It’s not what I spent my life working for.”"
XEW4r TIL that the smiley is trademarked by The Smiley Company in over 100 countries and has become one of the biggest licensing companies globally.
7ENb TIL that Will Smith refused to play the role of Mohammed Ali for 8 years, fearing he wasn’t up for the job of playing the man he called the “greatest figure over the last 100 years”, stating “I absolutely, positively did not want to be the dude that messed up the Muhammad Ali story.”