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

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P1mEL TIL that the Guinness World Records no longer celebrates "The Loudest Band in the World" for fear of promoting hearing loss. Before they discontinued the record, they had at various points recognized Deep Purple, The Who and Manowar as the record holders.
JYVK4 TIL of the Parsley massacre when Domincan forces killed as many as 35,000 Haitians. Few bullets were used – instead, Haitians were bludgeoned and bayonetted, then herded into the sea, where sharks finished what the soliders had began.
X0Zxk TIL The first YMCA in Montreal was built in 1873 at Victoria Square, then moved to Dominion Square, where the Sun Life Building now stands, and occupied it from 1873 to 1891.
oM4R TIL the cousin of the “ Internet Bully Hero”, that slams a kid on the floor at school for bullying him, committed suicide. Because of bullying.
maLo TIL The first worker to die during construction of the Hoover Dam was J. G. Tierney on 12/20/22; the last death to occur was his son, Patrick Tierney- 13 years later to the day.