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TIL for political reasons, Microsoft does not include country flag emojis in Windows

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RNlQ TIL that the mythological Cyclops possibly originated from natives from Mediterranean islands finding the prehistoric remains of extinct Dwarf Elephants, whose skull was only twice the size of humans and whose central nasal cavity was easily mistaken for a central eye socket.
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