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TIL that, as a way to detect nighttime predators, many species of animals (ducks, dolphins, whales, iguanas) will sleep with one eye open. One hemisphere of their brain is asleep while the other one is awake.

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GAGM7 TIL of Thomas Higgins, the first person to be posthumously elected as a UK Member of Parliament. He died from a heart attack on election night, after polling had closed, but before the result had been declared.
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