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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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ADPRg TIL about the Public Universal Friend, an 18th century Quaker preacher who claimed to have died and been reborn as a genderless, nameless individual and went on to found a religious movement known as the Society of Universal Friends.
6E0lW TIL the chance of being born in a first world or developed country is 17%. 83% of people will be born in places with poor living conditions.
mxZ8x TIL that Jeff Gordon was so dominant in the late 90s that he was told by NASCAR not to pull out more than four seconds in front of second place to keep the race entertaining.
Z4bo TIL Denmark has a fat tax on butter, milk, cheese, pizza, meat, oil and processed food containing more than 2.3% saturated fat. The tax resulted in an additional $216 million in revenue.
9a7M TIL cats can get blood transfusions from dogs, and this once saved a cat from dying after it ate rat poison.