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Jun 04, 2019

TIL Trees emerged 350 million years ago. It took another 60 million years for wood-eating bacteria to evolve. Trees between this period eventually turned into the most of the coal we use today.

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Apr 05, 2019

TIL Australians use nearly twice as much coal per person than Americans and five times as much as the rest of the world.

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Mar 28, 2019

TIL that ~300 million years ago, when trees died, they didn’t rot. It took 60 million years later for bacteria to evolve to be able to decompose wood. Which is where most our coal comes from

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