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THE TOWN THAT LEGO BUILT VIEW ONLINE
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T= HE GIANTS AMONG US
Friday, April 29, 2022
In today’s newsletter, w= e gather a century’s worth of inspiring trees= , discover the ‘superheroes’ of the medieval age, l= earn about the most dangerous books in the library … = and listen to kids in the town that Lego built= =2E
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PHOTOGRAPH BY ELIZA = R=2E SCIDMORE, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
How important has the fate of trees been to National Geogra= phic? The office wall of its first full-time editor featured a photo h= e took of 20 men with arms around the mammoth trunk of the 2,200-year-old C= alifornia sequoia known as General Sherman=2E “It’s like they= were protecting it,” editor Gilbert H=2E Grosven= or once said=2E

The commitment was deeper than words and i= mages=2E A century ago, the Nat Geo Society donated $100,000 to save Genera= l Sherman and what is now the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park from lo= ggers=2E Our coverage of the threats to—and hopes for—the world’s forests do= minates the latest issue of National Geographic=2E
<= br>To celebrate Arbor Day today, writer Cathy Newman recounts some of the trees that Nat Geo has traveled the world to pho= tograph over the years, from a 900-year-old boab in Australia to the apple = tree that supposedly inspired Isaac Newton = 19;s thoughts on gravity=2E (Pictured above, blossoming cher= ry trees in Kanazawa, Japan, taken by pioneering Nat Geo writer and photogr= apher Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore=2E)

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PHOTOGRAPH BY GILBER= T H=2E GROSVENOR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
Here is that image of the General Sherman tree in California=2E
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PHOTOGRAPH BY JAMES = A=2E SUGAR, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
Where did that apple that supposedly fell on Newton’s head come fro= m? Tradition says it is from this tree outside Newton’s birthplace i= n Woolsthorpe Manor, England=2E The falling apple tale was written by William Stukeley, Newton’s friend and first b= iographer=2E However, Keith Moore, librarian fo= r the Royal Society in London, doubts the apple story=2E Why? “It wo= uld have concussed him,” Moore says=2E
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PHOTOGRAPH BY DI= ANE COOK A= ND LEN JENSHEL, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
In northern India, the neem tree is known as a healing tree and an embodim= ent of the Hindu goddess Shitala, a mother figure=2E To neighborhood reside= nts who worship this tree at the Nanghan Bir Baba Temple, in Varanasi, it h= as saved lives=2E The tree, dressed in colorful cloth, wears a face mask of= the goddess to strengthen the connection between her and worshippers=2E
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PHOTOGRAPH BY PAUL C= HESLEY, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CREATIVE
Bristlecone pines like this one in California are among the oldest living = trees=2E Convinced their rings could reveal the earth’s climate hist= ory, dendrologist Edmund Schulman spent summers= hunting them=2E In 1953, he found Methuselah, a bristlecone with 4,676 rin= gs, in California’s White Mountains=2E For fear of it being cut, the= location of Methuselah, which still stands, remains a secret=2E

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STO= RIES WE’RE FOLLOWING
Climate change, if not curbed, could lead to worst marine life losses i= n 252 million years
For these hors= eshoe crabs, love is a battlefield
Why plant more trees? An African nation has a simpler way= =2E
These are the most dangerous= books in the library=2E They are literally poisoned=2E
In the town th= at Lego built, kids have a voice in civic matters
How medieval knights were the ‘superpowers’= of their time
PHO= TO OF THE DAY
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PHOTOGRAPH BY @ANDREA_FRAZZETTA
Whose tomb is it anyway? Along the ancient Rom= an Appian Way, at kilometer 139 in Formia, is a sepulcher from the Augustan= age commonly known as Cicero’s Tomb=2E = However, the attribution of the site to the great philosopher, writer, and = orator remains uncertain today=2E The site, with a central plan and cement = cylinder once covered in marble, is a frequent stop on the Roman roadway= =2E “If you have a garden and a library,” Cicero was quot= ed as saying, “you have everything you need=2E”
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EAR= TH MONTH: ARTICLE OF THE DAY
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PHOTOGRAPH BY JENNIF= ER HAYES AND DAVID DOUBILET

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PHOTOGRAPH BY BRYAN = HANSEL
Purple haze: Minnesota’s Border Route, = a 250-mile journey along the waters that separate the U=2ES=2E and Canada, = is becoming an increasingly coveted passage among adventure travelers=2E Th= ere are gorgeous lakes to paddle, thriving Indigenous communities, wildlife= to see, and almost-complete solitude, Nat Geo reports=2E “It’s liter= ally the one place I’ve been where there’s no hustle and bust= le=2E The only thing to do is move, make it to your next camping spot, and = realize the beauty around you,” says Emily Ford, who chose to ski it=2E (Sunrise brings a colorful m= ist to Saganaga Lake, pictured above, one of many threading the Border Rout= e=2E)
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It feels like every time we go into the field, we discover at least one ne= w species=2E
 
Analyn Anz= ano Cabras
Biologist, Nat Geo Explorer

From: Waiting to = be discovered
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A new mummy mystery: How did the Canary Island= s come to be inhabited? How did its inhabitants bury their dead? Mummies ma= y have some clues=2E Scientists are using high-tech tools to trace the origins of Spain’s ear= ly islanders=2E The mummy pictured above once rested in a fabled Tenerife c= ave whose location was later lost to history, though experts may have pinpo= inted its coordinates=2E
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This newsletter has been curated and edited by David Beard,= Monica Williams, and Jen Tse=2E We’re eager for your feedback and i= deas=2E Email us here= —and have a good weekend!
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