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TIL according to a recent study CO2 made up over 70% of the Earth's atmosphere 2.7 billion years ago

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Vxg4 TIL the word “barbarian” originally referred to people who don’t speak Greek, because the Greeks thought people who spoke a foreign tongue sounded like they were saying “bar bar bar” all the time.
vPPm8 TIL that the United States is the world's biggest food product exporter by far, valuing at around $90 billion annually.
aoeM TIL a $0.57 faulty ignition switch in General Motors cars has killed 124 people.
grdJA TIL the United States had a National Raisin Reserve from 1949 until 2015, when the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional due to the raisins being seized without market compensation.
6E8OW TIL Old Billy lived to 62 years old. He was born in 1760 and died in 1822. He is believed to be the oldest horse that ever lived.