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TIL Big Ben is actually the name of the bell, not the tower itself, which is now called Elizabeth Tower.

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jNexE TIL humans use blankets during sleep because we revert to lizard biothermic characteristics during REM sleep.
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wOXY TIL that a species of lizard in Australia is currently evolving from laying eggs to live birth.