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TIL the word emoji comes from Japanese e (絵, "picture") + moji (文字, "character"); the resemblance to the English words emotion and emoticon is purely coincidental.

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XeOR TIL the current King of Sweden is Karl XVI despite only being the 10th king of that name; in 1604, Karl IX (actually the third) picked his regnal number based on a completely fictitious history of Sweden, and the mistake stuck.
rNX4y TIL that for years, no one knew what caused mysterious tunnel networks in Brazil. A team of geologists determined that they were actually burrows dug by ancient giant sloths.
rR7Gw TIL after portraying a teacher who goes on to be president of Ukraine on T.V., actor Volodymyr Zelenskyy would then go on to become president of Ukraine.
wolw8 TIL that the first female geisha appeared in 1751, with geisha before that time being male
nWyDY TIL Lady Gaga is the first woman in history to win an Oscar, Grammy, BAFTA & Golden Globe in a single year, in 2019 for her perfomance in A Star is Born