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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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dDXG9 TIL: In Season 7 of "Married With Children", Peggy's cousin "Seven" was introduced. His parents (played by Bobcat Goldtwait and Linda "Exorcist" Blair) come to visit the Bundys and abandon him while getting cigarettes. He lasted 12 episodes before vanishing, last being seen on a milk carton.
XEajP TIL that the longest prison sentence ever, of 1,000,000 years, was received by Chamoy Thipyaso, for her swindling 16,000 Thais
JYpOm TIL that Polypropylene can reach a higher maximum temperature than any other plastic
v78B TIL when Christopher Reeves was preparing for the role of Superman, he went from bench pressing 40 pounds to 320.
BrPYL TIL that the TIE fighters in Star Wars were named that way because George Lucas thought they looked like bow ties.