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Example of a tree trunk

... that people in parts of India, North America, and Africa marry tree trunks (example pictured)?
... that some insects drink the tears of their predators?
... that the Vatican's website was first made available in Latin under Pope Benedict XVI?
... that Blue Origin NS-31 recently became the first all-female spaceflight in 62 years?
... that a disused industrial pier was incorporated into a city park?
... that a cultivar of Aquilegia flabellata has been called "as beautiful as a columbine needs to be"?
... that George R. Dale was sent to prison by a judge whom he accused of being in the Ku Klux Klan?
... that the sled dog race Ivakkak features two mushers riding on the dog sled?
... that Major League Baseball's first Pride Night came about after a lesbian couple were removed from a Los Angeles Dodgers game for kissing?