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TIL nonchalant, disheveled, nonplussed, disconsolate, and nonsensical are examples of unpaired words: words that appear to be formed by a prefix and an existing word, but aren't. Chalant, heveled, plussed, consolate, and sensical are not recognized as English words.

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ADDD7 TIL that the Temple of Artemis was burned by a man named Herostratus who sought to live in infamy. Despite his name becoming illegal to say, to deny him that infamy, it eventually become a metonym “Herostratic fame” meaning someone who commits an act to gain notoriety and infamy.
9wNDX TIL Snapping turtles can not only breathe air through their mouth, but can also breathe air through their butt
yVo9l TIL in 1984 the band Yes made 18 different versions of the music video for their song "Leave It" which were played in a marathon on MTV.
54vp TIL the Australian Night Parrot is the most elusive and mysterious bird in the world - only three people have had a confirmed sighting in over a century.
Ro97 TIL Bryan Cranston directed an episode of The Office (S09E04: Work Bus).