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TIL that before trees were common, the earth was covered in giant mushrooms

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a8Wm9 TIL about "Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines", a Rwandan radio station nicknamed "Radio Genocide" because of its hateful propaganda against Tutsis that fueled the Rwandan Genocide
Lkded TIL that Theodore Roosevelt Jr., son of President Theodore Roosevelt, was the only General to storm the beaches of Normandy in the first wave. He walked the beach with his cane, waiving his pistol, and rallied the troops. He would receive the Medal of Honor for his actions on Utah Beach.
JY5bl TIL that from 1977-2011, the national flag of Libya was literally a green rectangle
exrE TIL that Chinese are almost twice as likely to believe in evolution as Americans (74% versus 42%).
WWQB TIL that a water treatment plant was home to 107 million spiders.