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TIL there is a group called The Unicode Consortium. It's most well known for approving emoji designs. Its primary purpose is to maintain and publish the Unicode Standard which keeps code and text standardized across platforms.

43 upvotes • flyart

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TIL In 1932 Sprinter Liu Changchun became the first athlete to represent China in competition at an Olympic Games. Liu's life was made into the 2008 film "The One Man Olympics"

42 upvotes • ubcstaffer123

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TIL The British royal family name 'Windsor' is named after the town 'Windsor' not the other way, since their name sound too German during WW1 (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)

42 upvotes • nog-93

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TIL that for the past ten years, two crippled men in China, one without arms and the other without sight, have been planting trees together, totaling over 10,000.

41 upvotes • stale_booty

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TIL the author of the opinion in US v. The Amistad, Justice Joseph Story, was played by retired Justice Harry Blackmun in the movie "Amistad"

41 upvotes • IllustriousDudeIDK

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TIL in 1998 Oscar ceremony, Bart the bear, a grizzly bear went on stage and gave an envelope to Mike Myers

41 upvotes • BadenBaden1981

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TIL The Judy Bolton books 1932-1967 by Margaret Sutton is the longest-lasting juvenile mystery series written by an individual author

38 upvotes • Rickyisagoshdangstud

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TIL the golden wheel spider rolls down hills cartwheel-style to escape its predators

37 upvotes • doopityWoop22

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TIL: Sarah Jessica Parker was the Second Broadway Annie

35 upvotes • muppethero80

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TIL: Fawns (baby deer) are frequently left alone for hours while their mothers seek for food. Sometimes well-meaning people 'kidnap' the fawn, assuming it has been abandoned, when it is actually only waiting for its mother.

33 upvotes • Fair-Emu8218

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
TIL there is a group called The Unicode Consortium. It's most well known for approving emoji designs. Its primary purpose is to maintain and publish the Unicode Standard which keeps code and text standardized across platforms.	43	flyart
TIL In 1932 Sprinter Liu Changchun became the first athlete to represent China in competition at an Olympic Games. Liu's life was made into the 2008 film "The One Man Olympics"	42	ubcstaffer123
TIL The British royal family name 'Windsor' is named after the town 'Windsor' not the other way, since their name sound too German during WW1 (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha)	42	nog-93
TIL that for the past ten years, two crippled men in China, one without arms and the other without sight, have been planting trees together, totaling over 10,000.	41	stale_booty
TIL the author of the opinion in US v. The Amistad, Justice Joseph Story, was played by retired Justice Harry Blackmun in the movie "Amistad"	41	IllustriousDudeIDK
TIL in 1998 Oscar ceremony, Bart the bear, a grizzly bear went on stage and gave an envelope to Mike Myers	41	BadenBaden1981
TIL The Judy Bolton books 1932-1967 by Margaret Sutton is the longest-lasting juvenile mystery series written by an individual author	38	Rickyisagoshdangstud
TIL the golden wheel spider rolls down hills cartwheel-style to escape its predators	37	doopityWoop22
TIL: Sarah Jessica Parker was the Second Broadway Annie	35	muppethero80
TIL: Fawns (baby deer) are frequently left alone for hours while their mothers seek for food. Sometimes well-meaning people 'kidnap' the fawn, assuming it has been abandoned, when it is actually only waiting for its mother.	33	Fair-Emu8218