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TIL the loudest animal on the planet is the Sperm whale that can click at 236 db, some people believe they can communicate with other whales half way around the world.

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maYY TIL a chemical in “magic” mushrooms can grow and repair brain cells
0lmj TIL the largest cashew tree in the world was planted by a fisherman in Brazil, genetic anomalies made the branches grow sideways, it now spans 7500 square meters and financially supports upwards of 1500 people
8ep1K TIL the prison Martha Stewart served time in is nicknamed Camp Cupcake due to it's cushy conditions that include no barbed wire and cottages instead of jail cells.
JYn4v TIL That on September 11th, 1973, Salvador Allende, the first Marxist to be democratically elected to President of Chile, was overthown in a CIA-backed military coup; a 17 year-long US-backed military junta led by Augusto Pinochet followed, in which thousands of dissidents were persecuted.
Ypbr TIL that Hitler planned to build a railway for trains 6m wide, 7m high and 500m long, with top speeds of 200kph; the trains would be fitted with a restaurant, cinema, swimming pool, barbershop and sauna, and seat up to 4,000 passengers.