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TIL Signal Reception Bars on your phone don’t indicate how good or bad your reception is

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vpg8 TIL jaguars use their paws to dislocate necks. While hunting horses, they will place one paw on the muzzle and another on the nape and then twist.
lobV5 TIL of the episode Home, from The X-Files. The Episode was so disturbing it was banned from resyndication after its initial release on FOX.
PYjPE TIL that according to the testimony of people who have eaten other people, the taste of human meat does not reflect its beef-like appearance. Serial killers and Polynesian cannibals have described human as being most akin to pork. The taste also depends on how it is prepared and what cut is sampled.
7rV6P TIL that fully grown Sunflowers don't always face the Sun. The property of facing the Sun is observed only in the young flower heads and it stops as the flower matures. Mature Sunflowers generally face the east.
X0VKr Today I learned that Mini-Me from Austin Powers is inspired by a character from the movie The Island of Dr. Moreau named Majai