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[–] backhdlp@lemmy.blahaj.zone 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] So_zetta_slowpoke@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

4046 years is pretty old for a tree

[–] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 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.

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

Some scientists drilled into them and everyone got mad