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The Opening Ceremony included many memorable moments -- some somber, others inspiring -- but few were as purely fun as the human pictogram performance. What, do tell, is a "human pictogram performance ...

One breathtaking performance just transcended all language barriers at the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony. When the capital of Japan first hosted the Olympics in 1964 — the first time the Games were ...

Fun fact: pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The designers created a set of stylised graphics to transcend language barriers and communicate effectively without confusion. It ...

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Bengaluru: When Tokyo was picked as the 1964 Olympic host city, there was a tiny hurdle. Language. Japanese was largely unintelligible to most outside the country. It was the first time that the Games ...

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Fun fact: pictograms were first introduced at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The designers created a set of stylised graphics to transcend language barriers and communicate effectively without confusion. It ...

In the span of less than five minutes, three tireless performers managed to pose as pictograms from 50 disciplines spanning 41 Olympic sports, including basketball, skateboarding, and triathlon.