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TIL the lynching of Emmitt Till inspired The Twilight Zone

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WkpQX TIL The highest survivable dose of caffeine on record is a full 100 g, set by a 39-year-old female that attempted suicide by ingesting ~500 200mg caffeine tablets dissolved in water.
p5jA TIL In the United States, a 2007–2008 survey showed that dog-owning households outnumbered those owning cats, but that the total number of pet cats was higher than that of dogs.
YpPQv TIL that the Soviet Union built chemical, nuclear, and biological defences into its T55 battle tank. This would allow the crew to survive nuclear fallout if required.
yeMw TIL: That there are 468,749 Philadelphians on food stamps in a city of 1.5 million people.
d84Ej TIL that the 'appeal to nature' is a logical fallacy where people assume that something is either good because it's perceived as "natural", or bad because it's perceived as "unnatural".