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Found: Large And Deadly Nile Crocodiles, Now in Florida

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Found: Large And Deadly Nile Crocodiles, Now in Florida

They're a little terrifying.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 20, 2016
Tree Law is a Gnarly, Twisted Branch of the Legal System

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Tree Law is a Gnarly, Twisted Branch of the Legal System

These lawyers specialize in arboreal arbitration.

Natasha Geiling
Atlas Obscura
May 20, 2016
Forests Can Handle Hurricanes, Unless Humans Interfere

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Forests Can Handle Hurricanes, Unless Humans Interfere

A forest's recovery can be long and slow, but surprisingly successful.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 20, 2016
So You Want to Eat a Tree

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So You Want to Eat a Tree

A guide to ingesting bark, cambium, leaves, flowers, and buds.

Tao Tao Holmes
Atlas Obscura
May 20, 2016
The Most Popular Dog Names in New York City

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The Most Popular Dog Names in New York City

We got the list.

Beryl Lipton
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
Former London Mayor Wins Poetry Contest with Goat Sex Limerick

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Former London Mayor Wins Poetry Contest with Goat Sex Limerick

It's about free speech.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
This Secret Tunnel Could Solve the Mysteries of an Ancient Mexican Civilization

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This Secret Tunnel Could Solve the Mysteries of an Ancient Mexican Civilization

Not much is known about Teotihuacán.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
The Scientist Who Discovered Sudden Oak Death Believes We Can Save the Forests

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The Scientist Who Discovered Sudden Oak Death Believes We Can Save the Forests

We should have taken the disease more seriously before it killed a million trees, though.

Natalie Zarrelli
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
A 3-D scan of the Ballymorereagh Ogham stone. The inscription translates to "Cellach son of Mac-Áine."

tree week

Preserving Ireland's Ancient, Mysterious Tree-Based Alphabet

Across Ireland, hundreds of millennia-old Ogham stones are slowly weathering away.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
For 4 Days, Portugal Ran on Renewable Energy Alone

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For 4 Days, Portugal Ran on Renewable Energy Alone

It was just happenstance.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
Watch These Guys Climb 80-Foot Poles in Just 13 Seconds

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Watch These Guys Climb 80-Foot Poles in Just 13 Seconds

Sprinting up a vertical surface: challenging, but possible.

Tao Tao Holmes
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
Read the Tree Leaves, With an Artist's Invented Tree Font

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Read the Tree Leaves, With an Artist's Invented Tree Font

The plants are speaking. Time to read what they have to say.

Ella Morton
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
 some days they just can't

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Trees—They're Just Like Us!

There's literally nothing that trees can't do, including get weird with their bodies.

Tao Tao Holmes
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
Barbara Helfgott Hyett's words revealed in Roslindale.

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Boston's Sidewalks Are Covered In Secret Poems

You can only see them when it rains.

Cara Giaimo
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
Places You Can No Longer Go: The Mammoth Tree

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Places You Can No Longer Go: The Mammoth Tree

The giant sequoia that found its way to Broadway in New York City.

Lucas Adams
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
Found: A Stolen Letter From Christopher Columbus

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Found: A Stolen Letter From Christopher Columbus

It ended up in the Library of Congress.

Sarah Laskow
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
Do Not Eat, Touch, Or Even Inhale the Air Around the Manchineel Tree

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Do Not Eat, Touch, Or Even Inhale the Air Around the Manchineel Tree

Meet America's deadliest tree. Found in Florida, of course.

Dan Nosowitz
Atlas Obscura
May 19, 2016
This Guy Tried to Grow Food on 'Martian' Soil and Was Surprised When It Worked

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This Guy Tried to Grow Food on 'Martian' Soil and Was Surprised When It Worked

It wasn't Matt Damon.

Erik Shilling
Atlas Obscura
May 18, 2016
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