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TIL that the first theory that an increase in atmospheric CO2 could warm the planet was formulated in 1892.

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mx9kv TIL the title of Led Zeppelin's song "Black Dog," which reached the charts in several countries, was inspired by a black Labrador Retriever without a name that lingered and wandered around the Headley Grange recording studios when the band were recording the album the song's on.
rRg6W TIL the oldest material we've found on Earth was in the Murchison meteorite, being 2.5 billion years older than Earth itself
E1kwW Til in the USA caviar was once so cheap it was served as a free side order with a beer
eplE5 TIL that the first three fictional artists to reach number 1 in the Billboard Hot 100 were all groups: the Chipmunks, the Archies and the Partridge Family.
v1prD TIL Joe Rogan and My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way are second cousins.