Derek from Veritasium (with help from many of our YouTube friends, including Hank Green) reminds us that Trees Are Freaking Awesome! 

Of course, we already knew that. As Richard Feynman reminded us, they (sort of) grow out of the air, and they feed off of the Sun. That’s a pretty cool trick. But do you know how they grow so tall? I mean, how exactly do they get water all the way from the ground up to their leaves, which can be 30+ meters above the roots?

If you guessed physics, you’d be right … but you’ll be amazed by exactly how they do it. Mother Nature is certainly the finest engineer on Earth.

Source: youtube.com

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    Not an adventure movie but you guys may appreciate this!
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    O_O This is the coolest thing I’ve learned recently
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    Watch plz
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    This is really interesting.
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  17. marijime50 said: I gotta say I really love all of your posts, there’s always something new to learn and is is so cool that you show us how cool science can be
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