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TIL Preying mantises are the only invertebrates known to see in 3D.

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D1lNJ TIL that the only word in English that ends in -mt is "dreamt", and its extensions like daydreamt and redreamt.
9wWRp TIL that Adobe Flash is discontinued everywhere - except for in China, where it is still used
R7gn7 TIL the Jelly Belly Candy Company was trying to create a pizza flavored jelly bean, but the taste was so bad that flavor was added to the recipe, making vomit flavored jelly beans instead.
e0J54 TIL about the Nanda Devi Plutonium Mission was a joint operation by the United States Central Intelligence Agency and the Indian Intelligence Bureau that resulted in a nuclear device getting lost in the Himalayas. It was never found.
RYKQ TIL on September 2, 1666 a house caught fire in London. Mayor Thomas Bloodworth refused to permit pulling down surrounding buildings to prevent spread saying that, “a woman might piss it out,” and returned home to sleep. The fire then destroyed more than 75% of the city.