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TIL that the aliens from the movie franchise Alien were based off of deep sea creatures found in Earth’s oceans.

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GYOmG TIL that although Jim Brown is considered one of the all-time NFL greats, he may have been an even better lacrosse player, scoring 42 goals in 10 games as a senior at Syracuse.
XEd4E TIL Daylight Saving Time was made temporarily permanent in 1974
neor9 TIL: Bill Nye the Science Guy is related to the founder of Nye Lubricants, whose replacement whale oil led to the international ban against whaling.
oBOOY TIL the Australian three-toed skink is the only known vertebrate to have laid eggs and given birth to live offspring during the same pregnancy
4X0kw TIL Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind was sampled from Love On a Two Way Street by The Moments (1970)