stackyFACTSWhen a giant tree falls into the ocean, it enters a sluggish, worldwide conveyor belt. These massive wooden logs float across immense stretches of open water, eventually washing ashore thousands of miles away, perfectly sun-bleached and ready to violently trip an unsuspecting beachgoer.
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