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TIL that before trees were common, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms

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OGQ5e TIL the max output of a horse can be 15 horsepower and humans can create multiple horsepower.
D1Gnr TIL, how not to piss off an angry japanese slenderman
m8Px TIL Hô Chí Minh and Malcom X both worked at the same hotel in Boston.
7rMNO TIL that Marie Curie was buried in a lead-lined coffin (although it remains uncertain, if this was because of concerns over her radium contamination)
pY15A TIL in 1920, the New York Times mocked Robert Goddard for believing rockets could fly in space. In 1926, he proved them wrong by launching the first liquid-fueled rocket. In 1969, NYT finally apologized—just before the Moon landing.