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TIL that Earth used to be covered with giant mushrooms instead of trees.

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Qmop TIL a Palestinian judge banned divorce during Ramadan because “people make hasty decisions when they are hungry”
pYG5A TIL that John Maynard Keynes, from whose work the modern economic system is derived, was a Marxist.
e0ZZg TIL that glass blocks the wavelength of light required for the body to synthesize Vitamin D.
e7r6 TIL in 1992, a man who was likely innocent of a crime for which he was about to be put to death uttered these last words: “I’d like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my everloving ass, because I’m innocent.”
eK76 TIL that a paper published in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology concluded “This paper provides support for the "Rotten Barrel” theory of police deviant behavior, which holds that the stressful conditions of the police occupation constitute a primary risk factor for police misconduct.“