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TIL the word “emoji” has no connection to “emotion.” It comes from japanese “e-,” meaning picture, and “moji,” meaning “character.”

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1l04 TIL Hitler requested the Shah of Iran to destroy roads and bridges so supplies wouldn’t be sent to Russia in the north, and that Hitler would rebuild these after the war once he won. The Shah refused.
e01VE TIL of Plennie L. Wingo who walked backwards from Santa Monica, California to Istanbul, Turkey in 1931 and still holds the Guiness record for the greatest extent of reverse pedestrianism.
J1791 TIL In 1979 Jamie Cap a 16 year old from New Jersey became a quadriplegic during a high school football game.
yVry8 TIL the "I am the golden god!" line from the film 'Almost Famous' is based on a direct quote from Robert Plant.
dXZj TIL in 2013, Mattel will produce a Barbie that is bald in support of children who have cancer and lose their hair in treatment.