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Jul 23, 2020

TIL that for every child born or adopted in Wales, the Welsh government will plant a native Welsh broadleaf tree. The scheme is called Plant! – the Welsh word for children.

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Jul 22, 2020

TIL ecologist Suzanne Simard discovered that trees use underground fungi networks to communicate and share resources, uprooting the idea that nature constantly competes for survival.

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Apr 22, 2020

Today I learned that trees are able to communicate with other trees through chemical, hormonal and slow-pulsing electrical signals, and can communicate through the air with pheromones and other scents. They will also help other struggling trees by sending them nutrients through their roots.

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Apr 04, 2020

TIL about Witness Trees. These are trees that were present during key moments in American history. They have been known to hide bullets from those events within new layers of wood and bark. To help preserve their historic relevance, a Witness Tree Protection Program was launched in 2006.

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Nov 14, 2019

TIL of a tree that grows 40 different fruits

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Jun 17, 2019

TIL that South Korea planted over 350 million trees in a massive reforestation program starting at the end of World War Two.

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Jun 04, 2019

TIL Trees emerged 350 million years ago. It took another 60 million years for wood-eating bacteria to evolve. Trees between this period eventually turned into the most of the coal we use today.

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Mar 28, 2019

TIL that ~300 million years ago, when trees died, they didn’t rot. It took 60 million years later for bacteria to evolve to be able to decompose wood. Which is where most our coal comes from

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