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OfLittleToNoValue t1_j7u2a1n wrote

The first trees would grow 100m straight up without branches. The earth was actually covered by fallen trees for millions of years before the bacteria that break them down evolved.

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DeepSpaceNebulae t1_j7ulxl8 wrote

The Carboniferous period, names after the massive coal (carbon) deposits we discovered all around the world from those trees

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