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TIL shrikes will impale their prey on spikes to eat or save them for later.

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695kW TIL: The first state allowing women to vote was Wyoming
bpO7 TIL, before the company was seized by federal regulators in 2008, the final CEO of Washington Mutual made $19 million at the position. His tenure was less than three weeks.
e0OZE Today I learned that auto makers have been adding fake engine noises to their car speaker systems, or even adding entirely separate speaker systems to increase the rumble and depth of the sound of engines to compensate for modern efficiency resulting in less oomph. It’s called a Soundaktor.
DQdbv TIL of the 2010 Sauna World Championship, in which two competitors needed rescuing from a 230°F sauna due to receiving burns to their skin and airways, resulting in the death of one of the competitors (also aided by his use of steroids and numbing agents to help him last longer in the sauna.
dDbB TIL that Moray eels have a second set of jaws inside their mouths (known as pharyngeal jaws) that look just like the paired mouths in the movie “Alien”