tree, n.Trivia

The oldest tree in the world is said to be a 9,550 years old tree located in Dalarna, Sweden.

Seven to eight trees provide enough oxygen for just one person per year.

The oldest tree planted by humans is the 2,300 year-old Sacred fig, or Bow Tree, planted in Sri Lanka in 288 BC.

Trees weren't biodegradable until bacteria and fungi evolved to eat dead wood. Coal comes mostly from unimaginably large forest fires that turned all the dead wood that had piled up into charcoal.

Ireland is preparing to plant 440 million trees over the next 40 years to com bat climate change.

Trees can make it rain if they need to by releasing monoterpenes which stimulate cloud formation.

Leonardo da Vinci is responsible for having discovered that a tree's rings reveal its age

The poisonous Chemchem Tree grows intertwined with the Chaka Tree whose sap is an anecdote

Trees recognize their offspring, sending them more carbon below ground and reducing their own roots to make room for their kids.

Trees can be really old --- The Methuselah tree in eastern California is believed to be 4,842 years old.

One tree is able to produce enough oxygen to support a family of four

Native American people intentionally bent trees to mark trails, and many remain today as hidden monuments.

The trees whose leaves are eaten by giraffes (acacias), release an airborne chemical that alerts nearby acacia trees to produce tannin, a toxin that makes the leaves poisonous, and lethal if over-consumed.

Sharks have survived four of the "big five" mass extinctions. They are older than Mount Everest, dinosaurs, and even trees

A tree planted in memory of George Harrison died after being infested by beetles

The world's tallest, largest and oldest trees are all located in California.

There are more trees on Earth than stars in the Milky Way at 3 trillion (with a mere 100-400 billion stars in the galaxy)

The average tree is made up of about 1% of living cells at any given time.

Trees do not have life expectancies. Most can grown indefinitely.

The Joshua tree was named by Mormons for its resemblance to the Biblical prophet Joshua with his arms upraised.