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A tree so alone it warranted a spot on continental maps, until a drunk driver erased three centuries of solitude in a single night. (share.google)
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In 1973 a reportedly drunk driver flattened a tree in the middle of the Sahara, which sounds unremarkable until you learn it was the only tree for 250 miles around, a 300-year-old acacia so isolated it was marked on maps covering half a continent. https://share.google/ePM21R48Aq0VRqTUb

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[–] 4 points 13 hours ago

For the curious ones. The tree was rather small and the monument was errected at the site the tree was at.

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