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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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ANV8n TIL That a bubble imploding in a liquid can produce a flash of light when excited by sound, the process is called Sonoluminescence, but at the moment there's no agreement on how the effect is created.
Nb76 TIL that there is an island town in Michigan that has banned motor vehicles except for snowmobiles and emergency vehicles. In the summer it’s a tourist attraction, but in the winter it has a population of 500 and is unreachable without a plane until the ice bridge forms.
EgeBx TIL that despite Dr Phil being filmed in California, Phil McGraw has never held a license to practice psychology in the state. The California Board of Psychology determined that he does not need a license as they ruled that his show is more of entertainment than psychology.
jNwAQ TIL Godwin’s Law is one of the oldest and most well-known internet memes that says “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Hitler approaches 1.” This means that as a conversation on the internet goes on, the likelihood of someone mentioning Hitler increases
ep66D TIL Luis "The Beast" Garavita, the world's most prolific serial killer, was sentenced to 1853 years in prison for the deaths of 193 children in Colombia, but his sentence was reduced to 22 years after he helped the police find many of the victims' bodies. He becomes eligible for parole this year.