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TIL jaguars have such powerful jaws that they kill their prey by biting into the brain directly through the skull.

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YeVr TIL if a member of the US military or a US official is detained by the International Court in the Hague, the US has a law allowing it to invade the Netherlands to release them.
pVjO TIL that the Library of Congress in the US has the unadulterated 35mm print of “Star Wars” submitted to them in 1977 for copyright, and anyone can watch it by prior appointment.
nWvLr TIL a standard matchbox containing neutron-star material would weigh 3 trillion kilograms, the same weight as a 0.5 cubic kilometer chunk of the earth.
x95g TIL that in 1998, a charter pilot discovered a 2.6 mile long geoglyph carved into a remote Australian plateau. It depicts a man holding a throwing stick and is known as ‘the Marree Man.’ To this day its creators remain unknown.
AYQn TIL The movies Psycho, Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Silence of the Lambs were based on the same story. Convicted murderer Ed Gein from Plainsfield, Wisconsin.