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TIL There was a time after the asteroid killed the dinosaurs when fungus was the absolute dominate life form on Earth caused by massive deforestation and lack of sunlight halting photosynthesis for months, essentially creating Fungus Earth.

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JYD7v TIL that the Boston Museum of Science pulled a publicity stunt July 4, 1984 to promote their new dinosaur exhibit by carrying a 34 foot, 1,000 lbs., brontosaurus replica through downtown Boston by helicopter.
xVbY5 TIL when Weird Al Yankovic asked the publishers of The Kinks' Lola whether songwriter Ray Davies would allow its parody, Yoda, to be released, he got a negative response. However, when Yankovic met Davies five years later, Ray told him that he had never been asked and allowed Al to release Yoda.
MeGr0 TIL Bryan Cranston was ordained as a minister by the Universal Life Church, and performed weddings for $150 a service to help with his income in the initial days of his career.
4kdQo TIL a naturally-occurring nuclear fission reactor once formed in an African uranium ore deposit and ran for thousands of centuries.
xVA7B TIL Capital punishment has only been imposed twice in the history of the state of Israel, one was a mistake the other was Adolf Eichmann