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[TIL] Soil did not exist before Cenozoic period (the period since the Dinosaur mass extinction event) (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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Little of the soil of planet Earth is older than the Pleistocene and none is older than the Cenozoic, although fossilized soils are preserved from as far back as the Archean.

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[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

TIL the mass extinction event created the entire pedosphere.

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

And QAnon has been trying to stop it ever since