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TIL Waking up at 3 a.m. is common nowadays and favored our ancestors in changing the guard that warned of the dangers. An alteration in our metabolism at this time is responsible for this.

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9Y66D TIL that President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House. Then, Reagan took them down. Now, one is in China.
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