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TIL that Oxygen was originally a mass-extinction event 2.4 billion years ago, called the "Great Oxygenation Event" which introduced free oxygen to the atmosphere and was toxic to nearly all life at the time, triggering a global mass extinction and a 300-million-year ice age.
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TIL that Oxygen was originally a mass-extinction event 2.4 billion years ago, called the "Great Oxygenation Event" which introduced free oxygen to the atmosphere and was toxic to nearly all life at the time, triggering a global mass extinction and a 300-million-year ice age.

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u/TrayusV — 7 days ago