TREE FACTS THAT PROVE HOW COOL THEY ARE
Added on: 24th Jul 2016
SANDBOX TREES ARE COVERED IN POISONOUS
SPIKES AND CAN SHOOT THEIR FRUITS AT
OVER 250KM!
DURING THE LATE DEVONIAN PERIOD, AS PLANTS
BEGAN TO APPEAR, TREES STARTED TO INCREASE
IN NUMBER AND SUCK ALL THE CO2 OUT OF THE
AIR. THIS ENDED UP CAUSING AN ICE AGE
BECAUSE THE FUNGI THAT WOULD DECOMPOSE
THE TREES AND CONVERT THEM BACK INTO
CO2 DIDN'T EXIST YET. SCIENTISTS HAVE CALLED
THIS THE LATE DEVONIAN WOOD CRISIS
THE US HAS MORE TREES NOW THAN IT HAS EVER
HAD IN THE PAST 100 YEARS. THIS IS BECAUSE
STARTING IN THE 1940’S DEFORESTATION RATES
HAVE BEEN LOWER THAN FOREST GROWTH RATES
RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN HOW OLDER AND
BIGGER TREES SHARE NUTRIENTS WITH SMALLER
AND YOUNGER TREES. THE NEW TREES THEN
REPAY THE DEBT WHEN THEY GET BIGGER
DURING MR T'S TIME IN THE ARMY, HE WAS
ORDERED TO CHOP TREES AS A PUNISHMENT.
HE ENDED UP CHOPPING DOWN MORE THAN 70
TREES IN 4 HOURS UNTIL HIS ASTONISHED
OFFICERS TOLD HIM TO STOP
IN 1987, MR T WENT ON TO MAKE HIS NEIGHBOURS
MAD (IN LAKE FOREST, A SUBURB OF CHICAGO)
BY CUTTING DOWN MORE THAN 100 TREES ON
HIS PROPERTY. THIS HAS COME TO BE KNOWN
AS THE LAKE FOREST CHAINSAW MASSACRE
TREEHOTEL IS A HOTEL IN SWEDEN THAT HAS ALL
ITS ROOMS EXACTLY WHERE YOU MIGHT SUSPECT,
IN THE TREES!
SINCE THE 1980’S, EVERY CHINESE CITIZEN OVER
THE AGE OF 11 HAS BEEN LEGALLY MANDATED TO
PLANT AT LEAST 3 TREES EVERY SINGLE YEAR
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