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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I imagine dead trees were flammable, even back then. And oxygen levels were 15% higher. Can you imagine the forest fires?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fire wasn't invented back then

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

And after it was invented, it was only in black and white until the 1950s