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TIL the S in Harry S. Truman doesn't stand for anything
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TIL not all parts of a spider web are sticky. Only the silk used for the intricate catching spirals are dotted with glue, so spiders know which areas to avoid
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TIL that Mantis shrimp can punch their prey at up to 23 m/s, and have been known to break through aquarium glass with a single strike
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TIL that there's a new organelle discovered in human cells called the Hemifusome
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TIL that the Philippines, despite being a former Spanish colony, uses the Portuguese naming convention—where Filipinos usually carry more than 1 first name, their mother's surname (as the middle name), and their father's surname.
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TIL that among the victims of the Concorde plane crash in 2000 was a 53 year old schoolteacher named Klaus Frentzem, who, along with his wife, had saved up for 20 years to be able to afford tickets.