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TIL that Unicode uses elephants as a baseline comparison for cultural frequency when considering whether to add a new emoji

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X0opX TIL that Laurel & Hardy and the Our Gang kids reshot each film for foreign audiences by phonetically reciting their lines in the foreign language
4X7Vb Today I learned of North Dumpling Island in NY, owned by Dean Kamen, creator of the Segway. It has its own currency (the Dumpling) a passport that requires a picture of your face and behind, and Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are the ministers of Ice Cream.
WkrE8 TIL that we eat plastics and it turns out we eat as much as a credit card in a week.
e0rdb TIL In 1958 nuclear weapons were proposed as a tool for petroleum extraction. The plan was to detonate 100 nuclear bombs in the Alberta Oil Sands, thus adding heat and decreasing viscosity, the bitumen could then be easily pumped out. The project was put on hiatus due to risk of Soviet espionage.
1N1P TIL that the origin of the right hand being raised while taking an oath is to make sure you are not branded a criminal