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TIL the Arrente indigenous people of Central Australia have released a set of indigemojis. They are a set of emojis relevant to their culture and lives and include cool things such as kangaroo tails, troopies, cowboy hat and swag.

Read more indigemoji.com.au

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OoYK6 TIL of Anders Haugen, the only American to ever medal in ski jumping. He finished 4th in the 1924 olympics, but when a historian reviewed the results 50 years later he found a scoring error. Shortly thereafter, Anders went to Norway at 86 years old and was awarded his long overdue bronze medal.
LQNOV TIL that snail mucus is used as a cosmetic skin treatment.
ne0RG TIL in 2016 Russians purchased 500 000 baseball bats but only 1 ball
b9ob7 TIL of serial killer Randy Kraft, known as the "Scorecard Killer" because he kept a score card with cryptic references to his victims. (For example: a victim found impaled with a tree branch was listed on the card as "TWIGGIE") Several entries on the card have never been deciphered.
78nRM TIL that hippos cannot swim. Their bodies are too dense and sink to the bottom, which they run along.