Eggplant emoji and peach emoji mean something totally different for Darren - Get Fact'd with Darren Maule

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Get Fact'd has Darren Maule share facts that you are less likely to find anywhere else. In today's facts:
- British banknotes increase in size as they increase in value to help blind people tell them apart

- Genghis Khan, who established the world's largest contiguous empire between the 13th and 14th centuries, has been branded the 'greenest invader' in history as his murderous invasion actually helped scrub about 700million tonnes of carbon from the atmosphere.

- A2016 Emojipedia analysis revealed that only 7% of English language tweets with the peach emoji 🍑 refer to the actual fruit
29 Jun 2021 2AM English South Africa Society & Culture · Daily News

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