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TIL Scientists have discovered a remarkable fossil of 180-million-year-old 'sea monster' preserved its Jurassic-era blubber and skin. The creature was a warm-blooded ‘fish- lizard.' The uniqueness of this find comes in the fact that warm-blooded is an unusual quality in a reptile.

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