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TIL after Tony Hawk complained about how bad the prototype skateboard emoji looked, he was invited to help redesign it

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W77lN TIL slime molds are problem solvers, scooting around on pseudopods before ballooning to release their spores. They can find the shortest path through a maze, and they inspired a slime-mold algorithm that researchers used to map filaments of dark matter connecting galaxies in the universe.
QJglk TIL of Oskar Gröning, a German soldier who worked at Auschwitz but was able to hide it for 40 years. However, he decided to publish his story after meeting a Holocaust denier, even though he was incriminating himself by doing so.
V91G TIL that rolling the tongue or “taco” is commonly taught as a genetic trait in classrooms despite being debunked numerous times.
Brmde TIL I learned that the idea of "pure blood" stems from the practive of the eucharist, which wasn't common until the 12th century.
woEGY TIL Martin Van Buren Bates (1837-1919) is currently the tallest known person to live to at least 80 years. He stood at 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m).