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rRV7y TIL that hundreds of millions of years ago, giant 24 foot mushrooms were more popular before trees were as common as they are today. They are spires of fungus called “prototaxites”.
VMjn8 TIL that the first American newspaper, Publick Occurrences, was published September 25, 1690
xJk1 TIL a 2012 study found that uninformed people are influenced more by subjective reporting: “If you want to reach a bigger audience — those less-informed — you need to inject as much opinion into your work as possible”