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TIL that the graphic designer, Milton Glaser, loved New York so much that he gave his work, the I ❤ NY logo, to the city for free, hoping it would become public property. Today, the logo has earned the New York state $30 million each year and has become a pop culture icon.

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pQpe TIL that Far Cry 4 had a hidden ending; at the beginning the main villain leaves, asking the player to stay. If they leave, it sets the events of the game in motion. If they stay for 15 minutes, the villains returns and they go off as friends to shoot some guns, cutting straight to the ending.
N79E1 TIL that the most any Olympic Medal has ever sold for was Jesse Owens' 1936 gold medal for $1.46m. This is considered the most important Olympic Medal ever, because Owens, an African American, ruined Hitler's plans to showcase Aryan superiority.
vPEx4 TIL that in 1992 the US Postal service held a vote over whether official stamp of Elvis Presley should depict Elvis as a young man or later in life. After over 1.2 million ballots, young Elvis won with 75% of the vote, and would become one of the most popular commemorative stamps of all time.
gMd67 TIL that researchers at the universities in Durham and Lisbon believe that the essential story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ dates back over 5,000 years. This prototype of Jack’s beanstalk antics is classified by folklorists as ATU 328 - The Boy Who Stole Ogre’s Treasure.
nYPY TIL that the rail system in Europe is so good because better rail systems mobilized armies better for WWI.