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i found out recently that the very first trees did not rot when they died because the microbes that decompose trees hadnt evolved yet…which makes sense but it’s weird to think about. this actually caused a huge change in the climate at the time and many of these trees turned into coal because of it…

like imagine a tree falling in the forest and the trunk just stays there for years and years with little change, and it only goes away when it is buried under dirt. that’s weird.

obviously they were still working on the worldbuilding back then

imagine all the lag from those trunks laying around. glad they patched those microbes in

Imagine being alive at that time though and just taking for granted that trees were forever, like stones, but then suddenly they did start breaking down. Imagine picking up a rock and its gone moldy like a bad apple.