# By counting a tree's rings, you can see how many other trees it's slept with

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**Created:** [July 2, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-counting-a-trees-rings-you-can-see-how-many-other-trees-its-slept-with/692195 "2014-07-02T14:51:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-counting-a-trees-rings-you-can-see-how-many-other-trees-its-slept-with/692195/1 "2014-07-02T14:51:20Z")

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…[and twenty other nature facts.](http://www.sadanduseless.com/2014/07/little-known-nature-facts/)

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**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-counting-a-trees-rings-you-can-see-how-many-other-trees-its-slept-with/692195/2 "2014-07-02T14:57:26Z")

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I know how I’ll be spending a few minutes! Excellent find.

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**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-counting-a-trees-rings-you-can-see-how-many-other-trees-its-slept-with/692195/3 "2014-07-02T16:04:25Z")

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Those all came originally from [fakescience.org](http://fakescience.org), which is a mildly amusing place to waste a bit of time.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-counting-a-trees-rings-you-can-see-how-many-other-trees-its-slept-with/692195/4 "2014-07-02T17:42:39Z")

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Dolphins are just gay sharks.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-counting-a-trees-rings-you-can-see-how-many-other-trees-its-slept-with/692195/5 "2014-07-02T20:31:25Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Imagine if we took every elephant in the world and laid them end to end into space…
> 
> Did you know that all the elephants would die?

If all the virgins in the world were laid end to end…

There wouldn’t be any, any more.