The Strangest Natural and Man-Made Items that Actually Exist

Not Many People Get It

Cubed trees are typically in the oak family, and they are usually bred and trimmed to grow in this formation. However, some oaks can actually grow in cube shapes in the wild. This one, for example, grew this way all by itself. 

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The More You Know

  • A U.S. park ranger named Roy C. Sullivan held the record for being struck by lightning the most times, having been struck — and surviving — seven times between 1942 and 1977.
  • Virginia is the only state that has the same state flower and state tree, the Dogwood.
  • Oxford University is older than the Aztec Empire.
  • A man sued Pepsi claiming he found a mouse in his Mountain Dew. Pepsi attorneys stated that Mountain Dew will dissolve a mouse in 30 days, and showed his can was purchased 74 days after being manufactured.
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