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TIL Donald Fagen wrote "Only a Fool Would Say That" to mock John Lennon's naive idealism

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J1JAB TIL most coconuts in Thailand are harvested by trained monkeys
Y8ar TIL when trees evolved, it took 60 mil. years for fungi to evolve the ability to break down lignin. Trees fell over and didn’t decompose, storing vast amounts of carbon, resulting in an oxygen-rich atmosphere that favored enormous insects; burning in massive fires; and producing our stores of coal.
rb91 TIL A Dutch door is a door divided horizontally in such a fashion that the bottom half may remain shut while the top half opens. The initial purpose of this door was to keep animals out of farmhouses, or keep children inside, while allowing light and air to filter through the open top.
OoZNL TIL that in 1937 a football match was interrupted due to fog. But the goalkeeper stood there for 20 minutes without knowing it.
LQmNZ TIL that in ancient Greece, the god Dionysus was honored with wild celebrations that often involved erotic rituals, including group sex, as part of worship.