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TIL praying mantises can hear frequencies above the range of human hearing, and are the only animals with one ear.

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NXd48 TIL Flat adverbs, where the adjective and adverb have the same form, used to be much more common in the 18th century until a bunch of grammarians decided adverbs must end in -ly. Examples of surviving flat adverbial usage today include “sit tight” and “go slow”.
YeD7 TIL The Norwegian Princess Leah was named after the Star Wars character Princess Leia. Leah being the Norwegian spelling of Leia.
neM1d TIL NFL players pee "all over the sideline in every game, into cups, on the ground, in towels, behind the bench, in their pants, everywhere"
QJYKL TIL the Graf Zeppelin was the first airship to offer commercial transatlantic flights, to cross the Pacific without stops, to circumnavigate the world, and to travel over a million miles.
D1w7v TIL Che Guevara's real name was Ernesto Guevara. He was nicknamed "Che" because he used the word "Che" (which means 'pal' or 'buddy') excessively while talking to people.