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TIL: 250 million years ago coal fires may have caused “The Great Dying” aka the Permian Extinction, in which 80% of life on land and 90% of sea life were killed

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oRZkL TIL Huey Lewis suffered from a sudden loss of hearing in 2018, which led to his recent decision to sell his music catalogue.
evrL TIL the myth that carrots improve night vision was started on purpose in WII as an explanation for why german planes kept getting shot down at night. In reality, radar had just been invented.
OGYA6 TIL that pensioners in the UK over the age of 80 who claimed a state pension before 2016 receive a massive 25p week increase 'in recognition "of the special claims of very elderly people who on the whole need help rather more than others”'
e0Xdn TIL that from 1541 until 1845 bowling was illegal in England for the working class except on Christmas and only in the presence of their boss
Eg9jd TIL That the Statue of Liberty is actually a depiction of Libertas, the Roman goddess of liberty.