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TIL: Most Coal formed before Fungus could break down trees. After Fungus evolved to do so, Coal became far less likely to form naturally making it a true non-renewable resource.

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8e8pG TIL former US president Jimmy Carter and Motown Records founder Berry Gordy are related by way of their great-grandfather James Thomas Gordy.
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6vQW TIL F.B.I. agents fatally shot 70 “subjects” and wounded about 80 others from 1993 to 2011 — and in every single case, the agent’s use of force was determined to be “justified”.