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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We have a tree in our village that's like double the age of the USA

[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago

4046 years is pretty old for a tree

[–] aBundleOfFerrets 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US has trees that significantly predate it, and is home to a tree that is assumed to be the oldest living organism on earth.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just wait until someone crashes their brodozer into it and kills it

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Some scientists drilled into them and everyone got mad