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How was the idea of writing the novel Fight Club born?

Once Chuck Palahniuk was resting in nature and quarreled with a neighboring camp, after which he was beaten hard. Returning to work with a bruised face, Palahniuk saw that none of his colleagues asked what had happened. Then he had the idea of the novel "Fight Club". In the course of writing the book, Palahniuk repeatedly got involved in street fights, experiencing the experience of his heroes in his own skin.

Authors: Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger

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Pinnipeds are mammals whose limbs have turned into fins, which they use when swimming as oars. The three main families of pinnipeds are walruses, sea lions and seals. All of them are carnivores. These aquatic predators have the same ancestors as those of the earth, such as dogs, cats, and bears. Probably millions of years ago, one group of carnivores moved into the sea and gradually adapted to life in it.

Now about thirty species of pinnipeds live in the world's oceans. Most of them live in the cold waters of the Arctic Ocean and in the parts of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans surrounding Antarctica. Several species of them live in warm waters, and even fewer in fresh water lakes.

Since pinnipeds spend most of their lives in the water, they have adapted very well to such an existence. They are all excellent swimmers. Their bodies are streamlined, with a thick layer of fat underneath their skin that adds to their buoyancy and helps retain heat. The fat layer also serves as a food reserve when necessary. Pinnipeds are first-class divers. They can dive underwater in search of food to a depth of sixty to ninety meters. Many of them have large eyes that see well in the dark depths of the sea. When pinnipeds are underwater, their nostrils close. Most of them have sharp, backward-curved teeth with which they grab and hold prey, and then send it down the throat.

Pinnipeds are collectivists and live together for a long time in large herds, especially during the mating season and when cubs are born. All of them, intending to bear offspring, return to the earth, in any case, to the coastal edge of the ice. Young pup seals, sea lions and walruses are born sighted, and their body is covered with thick hair or down.

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