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By BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (51811)
St. Catharines, Ontario
April 3, 2025 8:57am CST
According to the New York imes, some tropical trees don’t just survive lightning, but grow taller and leafier after strikes.
I wouldn't mind being struck by lightning if it made me grow taller and leafier. Well, if by "leafier" it meant thicker hair on my head. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/science/trees-lightning-rainforest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k4.shfG.k5yAj8XIaodo&smid=url-share&utm_campaign=website&utm_medium=email&utm_source=nautilus-newsletter
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Apr 25
Well, if it would make us taller without gaining any weight, that'd be the same thing, wouldn't it?
And as I told paigea, there's no e in lightning.
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@Marilynda1225 (91013)
• United States
3 Apr 25
That's pretty interesting and not something I knew. I always learn something new here every day.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Apr 25
I didn't know it either until I came across it.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Apr 25
Yeah, that's usually the case.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
3 Apr 25
I've noticed that, too, but there's no e in lightning.
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@BarBaraPrz (51811)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Apr 25
@paigea It means getting lighter.
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@paigea (36143)
• Canada
4 Apr 25
@BarBaraPrz Are you correcting my spelling
Of course lightening is a word, so it let me type it.
Of course lightening is a word, so it let me type it.1 person likes this
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
4 Apr 25
Interesting. I've never heard of that before.
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@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
3 Apr 25
I've never heard that before. If I can remember it after I catch up on myLot, I'll look that up and see what else is interesting. 
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