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TIL that the concept of Xenomorphs' second jaws - pharyngeal jaw - predates the discovery of the exceptional mobility of the moray's inner jaws

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LKAV TIL that a mother murdering her children is more likely to murder sons (64%) than daughters (36%), and likewise, daughters are more likely to murder their father (81%) than mother (19%). Fathers and sons are more egalitarian in their murders, killing their children / parents at about equal rates.
6nPX TIL Berthold Stauffenberg, brother of Claus von Stauffenberg (chief conspirator in 20 July assasination plot to kill Hitler) was executed by being strangled and then revived multiple times. The execution and multiple resuscitations were filmed for Hitler to view at his leisure.
rPKx TIL If a male lion is neutered it’s mane will fall out.
1a8EO TIL Lennon and McCartney almost got in a fistfight over Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da, with John calling it Paul's "granny music sh*t".
lNQK TIL in 2005 a heavily censored document from the Pentagon was declassified when a reader cut and pasted the text into word, making the censored parts visible.