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TIL about magnolia plants are so old that they are pollinated by beetles, because they were around before the advent of bees. (www.wikipedia.org)
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[โ€“] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell if this is a serious comment or if you are just trolling the lyrics to Country Roads

[โ€“] veroxii@aussie.zone 15 points 2 months ago

Haha. Yeah in that post people were mentioning how they didn't realise the song lyrics were quite literal and not just a saying.

So not just "older than the trees" like in the song but "older than trees... anywhere"