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Did you know that the words “emoticon” and “emoji” are not actually related? Or that one of these vultures is more closely related to a penguin than to the other vulture? That’s because things that look similar don’t necessarily have the same origin story. They could share traits because of convergent evolution - or because of pure coincidence.
Here's our video: https://youtu.be/flVK-rbeT4g
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