TREE TRIVIA THAT PROVE HOW COOL THEY ARE
Added on: 19th Oct 2016
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ONCE HIRED A COMPANY
TO FIGURE OUT THE CARBON FOOTPRINT OF HIS
CONCERTS AND THEN HAD TREES PLANTED IN
THE CITIES HE HAD VISITED ON THE TOUR TO
OFFSET HIS CARBON FOOTPRINT
IN ATHENS, GEORGIA THERE IS A TREE THAT OWNS
ITSELF. IN THE 1800’S, ITS OWNER, PROFESSOR
JACKSON, DEEDED THE TREE OWNERSHIP OF
ITSELF AS WELL AS ALL LAND WITHIN 8 FT
OF ITS BASE
THE SENATOR WAS A 3,500 YEAR OLD TREE IN
FLORIDA (5TH OLDEST ON EARTH) UNTIL A
METH JUNKIE CRAWLED INSIDE IT AND ENDED
UP BURNING IT TO THE GROUND
PENNSYLVANIA IS HOME TO PENN FOREST
NATURAL BURIAL PARK. IT IS A "GREEN CEMETERY"
WHICH BASICALLY MEANS BODIES ARE BURIED
"NATURALLY". YES, KIND OF LIKE THE
COWBOYS USED TO DO IT, JUST DIRT
IN 1976, NORTH KOREAN SOLDIERS KILLED TWO US
SOLDIERS THAT WERE TRIMMING A TREE IN THE
DMZ BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA. THE US
AND SOUTH KOREA RESPONDED WITH OVER
800 MEN, NEARLY 30 HELICOPTERS, AND NUCLEAR
BOMBERS. THEY ENDED UP BLOWING THE TREE
TO SMITHEREENS.
(KNOWN AS THE AXE MURDER INCIDENT)
HAWAII HAS EUCALYPTUS TREES WITH RAINBOW BARK!
MANCHINEEL TREES, FOUND IN FLORIDA, ARE
OFTEN CONSIDERED THE MOST POISONOUS
TREES IN THE WORLD. THEIR FRUITS CAN KILL
YOU AND EVEN IF YOU JUST STAND BENEATH
IT WHILE IT IS RAINING YOU WILL PROBABLY
GET SOME NASTY BLISTERS
THERE ARE BONSAI ORANGE TREES THAT
ACTUALLY GROW MINI ORANGES!
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