7.6 million Christmas trees are sold each year.
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Sharks have been on the planet longer than trees.
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Columbia University has developed an artificial tree that passively soaks up carbon dioxide from the air using "leaves" that are 1,000 times more efficient than true leaves that use photosynthesis.
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There is a “Fruit Salad Tree” which can grow up to 6 different types of fruit.
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An African Baobab tree in South Africa, known as Big Baobab, has a circumference of 154 feet and even has a bar inside the trunk that can fit 60 people.
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‘Tree shaping’ is the art of growing trees and roots into things like bridges, chairs, “people trees”, ladders, fences, jungle gyms, tunnels, and, theoretically, could even be used to grow homes.
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The Manchineel Tree is so poisonous, rainwater dripping off it’s leaves will burn your skin.
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