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ADbLa TIL carnivorous pitcher plants’ orifice features a prolonged concave structure which acts as a multidirectional ultrasound reflecting bats’ echolocation calls
KORea TIL the Statue of Liberty was originally designed in the 1860s for Egypt. Named 'Progress Carrying the Light to Asia', French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi modelled the statue after an Egyptian woman dressed in a veil. Due to costs, the idea was rejected, and a lighthouse was erected instead.
Lj4P TIL that Triple Crown winner American Pharoah travels on a custom Boeing 727 known as “Air Horse One” where the seats have been replaced with stable stalls and hay
LQ04V TIL that Victorian (and earlier) female scientists, pushed out from "serious sciences," pioneered the idea of documenting and illustrating plants, animals, and insects as ecosystems with lifecycles and context. The idea became central to the artistic guidelines for Pokemon trading cards.
VBQlZ TIL that Ezzard Charles (who had killed one opponent in the ring) was the only boxer to have ever lasted the full 15 rounds against Rocky Marciano.