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TIL that the giant Sequoia trees that grow famously in California are also flourishing in GERMANY!

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Br4yW TIL: The amount of wood that a Woodchuck could chuck if Woodchucks did chuck wood is about 317 kg (700 pounds for you non-metric heathens)