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Scientists discover the 'No Parking' tree Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
The tree, a deciduous hybrid related to the rowan, was first noticed in a small lay-by at Watersmeet in North Devon in the 1930s with a no-parking sign tacked to the bark.
It is only recently that scientists have undertaken a biochemical analysis to confirm the tree is a new species and it was formally named yesterday.
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Tree of Life Animal Kingdom Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
Emerge from the heavy foliage of the Oasis - Before you stands the 145-foot tall Tree of Life. The branches span 165 feet across. There are over 100,000 leaves on the tree and the trunk is 50 feet wide. 20 artists carved into the trunk, branches and roots over 320 animals. Thousands worked on the construction of the Tree of Life which took 18 months to build. Photos
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$50,000 tree disappears while homeowner is on vacation Posted: 2 years ago by hisidea
Police Capt. Randy Pentis said having a person allegedly call a tree service to remove someone else's tree is rare. "It's criminal," Pentis said. "It's grand theft of property."
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Pooktre Tree Shapers Posted: 3 years ago by Mershaullk
In 1986 Peter had the idea of growing a chair. Nine years later Peter & Becky became partners. Pooktre was born. Together they have mastered the art they call Pooktre, which is the shaping of trees as they grow in predetermined designs.
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Anne Frank's tree to be cut down Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
The old chestnut tree that comforted Anne Frank while she was in hiding during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands is to be cut down.
more from wiki on the tree
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Tree of knowledge officially declared dead Posted: 3 years ago by teaya21
mephitic dipsomania blamed for execrable deracination of erudition
declared "deontologically deleterious"
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NJ Family Finds Pumpkin Growing in Tree Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Pumpkins don't usually grow on trees, but that's exactly where a New Jersey family found one this weekend. The Phillips family found a 10-pound orange object hanging on a vine from a tree in their backyard.
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Golf Ball Embedded In Tree Posted: 9 months ago by pocksucket
A long lost golf ball, caught in a tree turned up when the tree was sliced up.
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Missing person's bones found hanging in tree 29 years later Posted: 8 months ago by kakana
Bavarian police said on Thursday they have likely identified the bones found hanging more than 30 feet up a tree as those of a man who left a suicide note almost three decades ago and hasn’t been seen since.
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Furniture-maker slices open tree to find 'Jesus' in the rings Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
A furniture maker was delighted when he sliced open a tree to find what he claims is an image of Jesus ascending to heaven. Forty-five-year-old Craig O'Connor from Bensalem, Pennsylvania discovered the image in a stain of sap inside the trunk.
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Synthetic tree captures carbon 1,000 faster than real trees Posted: 5 months ago by kakana
Scientists have designed a synthetic tree that traps carbon dioxide from the air in an attempt to combat growing emissions.
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World's Oldest Tree is 16 Ft Tall and 10,000 Years Old Posted: 2 years ago by jquipp
Its been here since humans developed agriculture. Its a Swedish spruce tree, and can teach us a great deal about climate change.
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Owner Dies, Tree Cries Posted: 2 years ago by gnikgnok
An acacia tree started dripping a foamlike substance after the owner of the property died. Many believe it is "supernatural ice". Yuh-huh.
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Community police officers caught 'hiding behind a tree' while girls beat up 55-year-old Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Two police community support officers are under investigation after they were spotted hiding behind a tree as a man was beaten up by three teenage girls.
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Mean Cop Won't Let Owner Rescue Cat In His Tree Posted: 11 months ago by suebe
A Phoenix cat named Brutis got himself into some major trouble when he ran up the wrong tree. The tree belonged to a police officer who refused to let Brutis' owner onto his property to remove him, citing liability concerns (and causing outrage in the neighborhood).
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Campground "peeper" tied to tree Posted: 2 years ago by kxmk
Even the tree was creeped out.
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Music from a tree Posted: 4 months ago by AutumnLotus
In the garden of my house there's a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day I asked myself if I could create a piece of music with it.
To tune the tree I picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs by trimming them with a pencil sharpener. I used two Røde NT6 and a NTG-2 as microphones, combined with a customized stethoscope.
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Accused Witch Gives Birth While Hanging From Tree Posted: 2 years ago by tigertony
The woman, who was hung from a tree after being accused of sorcery, gave birth to her baby while struggling to free herself. (BTW: Both survived)
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The cosmic Christmas tree with a REAL star on top Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
A team from the European Southern Observatory captured the breathtaking picture of the Christmas Tree Star Cluster over more than 10 hours using the Wide Field Imager in Chile.
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Devout Catholics worship tree stump in Limerick Posted: 2 months ago by murtysanchez
...Here's more of it; now it's a tree stump virgin Mary. Worshipping a tree stump? Isn't that idolatry, proscribed by the Vatican and the Commandment?
News clip from YouTube:
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