Some forums have a thread called "Today I Learned" where members post interesting facts they discovered that don't necessarily warrant their own thread. I did a quick search here and didn't find such a thread, so I thought I'd start one to see if it sticks.
TIL that some 400 million years ago giant mushrooms called prototaxites lived on the earth. The columnar organism, verified as a fungi in 2007, grew up to 29 feet tall! Makes the plate-sized shrooms sprouting in my yard seem quite humble.
TIL that some 400 million years ago giant mushrooms called prototaxites lived on the earth. The columnar organism, verified as a fungi in 2007, grew up to 29 feet tall! Makes the plate-sized shrooms sprouting in my yard seem quite humble.
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