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TIL From 1995-2004 A caller coaxed McDonald’s managers into strip searching workers and even got the fiancé of one Assistant Manager to order a worker to perform oral sex on him. The story has now been made into a movie called “Compliance.”

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6EwNl TIL 6% of the land in the US lower 48 states is worth more than all the rest of the 94% of the area
Z8QOv TIL that in a zoo, tigers and lions are fed ice cubes made by freezing the blood known as "bloodsicles." This is done to provide cooling to them in a hot weather.
691Xl TIL the thorny devil collects moisture in the dry desert by the condensation of dew on its skin, which is channeled to its mouth by gravity and capillary action via the channels between its spines
l75e5 TIL Research has recently found neurons specifically dedicated to anticipating the sequence of melodic notes, separate from speech processing, showing music activates distinct neural mechanisms for predicting melody sequences.
9d4D TIL that it is possible for a human to become a Chimera by fusing with his/her fraternal twin in the womb. If it occurs early enough, each twin will claim body parts as his/her own, allowing a single person to be made up of two genetically different individuals.