Readlines returns non ASCII character

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 If this starts at the beginning of the file, then it indicates that
the file is UTF-16 (LE).

UTF-8[t 1]     EF BB BF       239 187 191
UTF-16 (BE)    FE FF          254 255
UTF-16 (LE)    FF FE          255 254
UTF-32 (BE)    00 00 FE FF    0 0 254 255
UTF-32 (LE)    FF FE 00 00    255 254 0 0