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[-] kubica@fedia.io 72 points 1 month ago

Nature likes things that turn hard- Wait what?

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 63 points 1 month ago

Weren't there like, several millions of years where trees evolved but nothing had come yet to break down wood, so like, generations of dead forest just fell on top of each other until some fungus was like "that looks yummy"?

[-] woodenghost@hexbear.net 17 points 1 month ago

Yes, that's when coal comes from. There were giant global fire storms, because of all the dead trees and also because there was more oxygen. The oxygen also caused insects to become gigantic. They don't have lungs, just random holes in their body so the airs oxygen content limits their size.

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