# Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 2)

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**Created:** [July 25, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-2/1004785 "2024-07-25T15:06:02Z")\
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We had the redwoods in the first part of this thread:

> [@Tell us an interesting random fact you stumbled across (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-an-interesting-random-fact-you-stumbled-across-part-1/851674/9194):
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> Just learned that there are more giant redwoods in Great Britain (~ 500,000) than in California (~80,000). It seems the Victorians really liked them and planted a lot of them. Now they are starting to outgrow every other tree in Britain, but they are still juveniles and not yet self-seeding: Then I wondered: where else could there be sequoyas? So I found this map for Spain (article in Spanish, with images): [https://www.arbolesconhistoria.com/2021/09/23/mapa-secuoyas-de-espana/](https://www.arbolesconhistoria.com/2021/09/23/mapa-secuoyas-de-espana/) They write the…

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