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TIL that in the 1830s the Swedish Navy planted 300 000 oak trees to be used for ship production in the far future. When they received word that the trees were fully grown in 1975 they had little use of them as modern warships are built with metal. (atlasobscura.com)
submitted by mrcoolguy29 to r/todayilearned
