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TIL Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, wrote the novel Lullaby to cope with having participated in the decision to give the death sentence to his father's murderer, a man named Dale Shackelford.

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ANK9n TIL Kazakhs living in the vicinity of the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test site believe they are a new breed of human and call themselves 'nuclear mutants', who have adapted to the radiation present in their home. Some even believe they need it to survive.
b9Ge7 TIL that clouds can move faster than 160 km/h
pYaLG TIL that Mexico is the top producer of silver in the world, producing 5,600 metric tons in 2021.
1aRo7 TIL that a conman, J.D. McMahon, managed to collect $200,000 from investors in building a 40 ft-tall (480 in or 12 m) building- the infamous Newby-McMahon Building, also known as the world's littlest skyscraper. McMahon neglected to specify that the building’s scale was measured in inches, not feet.
Lw7P TIL that a single oyster can totally filter up to 2 gallons (7.57L) of water per hour. That means that only 10 oysters are capable of filtering over 1800L in a single day.