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TIL the Australian three-toed skink is the only known vertebrate to have laid eggs and given birth to live offspring during the same pregnancy

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DQo6J TIL that the 1948 United States Presidential Election was the first election to have primary and general election debates, with Thomas Dewey debating Harold Stassen in the GOP primary while Socialist Nominee Norman Thomas debated Socialist Workers Nominee Farrell Dobbs in the general election.
p5kp TIL that BBC once trolled an internet troll (who sends vile abuse on memorial pages) by giving the man an unscheduled interview (the troll gave a very disrespectful interview.) BBC aired it with his name and location open and he received a lot of hate that he was forced to delete his account.
rRr8d TIL that the person who sung the song 'Santa Baby' was also the person who voiced the character Yzma from 'The Emperor's New Groove'
5P8p TIL prior to 1868, eating meat from four legged animals had been prohibited in Japan for more than a thousand years.
Zpa5G TIL A school superindent in Texas resigned after accusations of a history of bullying and plagerism with a golden parachute of over $1 million.