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TIL that before trees were common, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms

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Arlg TIL that, decades before The Muppet Show, Jim Henson made a series of coffee commercials starring an extremely violent Kermit-like character.
DQ9jJ TIL that lobsters don’t age like most animals, and theoretically, they could live forever if they didn’t die from external causes.
e0ReJ TIL that five years before Superman was created there was a pulp fiction Superhero called 'Doc Savage'. He was known as 'The Man of Bronze,' and had a 'Fortress of Solitude ' in the Arctic. He had superhuman powers, though was not an alien. He was known as a Super Man, oh and his name was Clark.
6vJX TIL that the largest bald eagle nest on record was 9.5 feet wide and 20 feet high. It weighed more than two tons.
yQwxM TIL there is a Mummified head of a 17th Century Saint on display in a church in Ireland. Catholic relics are an interesting topic to delve into.