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TIL of the class of lizards classified as "legless." As in, they're literally legless. They differ from snakes as the arose from a completely different evolutionary pathway.

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m1wlx TIL the first president of the United States of America was called “Gerge”
9dy6 TIL that Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do” borrows most of its lyrics from a poem called “Fun” by Wyn Cooper, netting Cooper a ton of royalties and helping him get his poetry book rereleased
KYvB TIL That there’s a perfectly preserved village in Scotland that’s older than the Egyptian pyramids.
ANPgd TIL: "Slugging" or the practice of standing in lines near bus stops, in order to form an "instant carpool" thus allowing a single driver to pick up passengers and use the HOV lanes, originated in Washington DC in the early 1970s, and remains a viable means of commuting out of Washington today.
kx4m TIL George Lucas, fearing his film’s failure, traded Steven Spielberg 2.5% of earnings of ‘Star Wars’ for that of 'Close Encounters’. Spielberg has made $40 million to date.