Can't see the Congress for the crooked Congrescritters - can't see the forest for ...

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[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

1. That is awesome. Where is that and how did it happen?

Inquiring wolves want to know

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2. I think it said it was in Poland

This is from Discovery.com:

June 28, 2011 -- In a tiny corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks - all bent northward. Surrounded by a larger forest of straight growing pine trees this collection of curved trees, or "Crooked Forest," is a mystery.

Planted around 1930, the trees managed to grow for seven to 10 years before getting held down, in what is understood to have been human mechanical intervention. Though why exactly the original tree farmers wanted so many crooked trees is unknown.
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but they sur don't look that old to me.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

3. They may have wanted rudders or airplane parts

In scandinavia, the Norse ship builders didn't just use wood for our long-ships. The master shipbuilder would find natural growth to match his needs. Now, most of the wood was straight, but they tried to find curved bits and trees with branches at certain angles for pieces like the tiller.

The reason was that it would be stronger, having grown that way, versus cutting and putting two different pieces together.


Of course, I'm just guessing at why they may have wanted the trees that way in Poland. They do look a bit young, but it could just be that that particular species doesn't get as big as we think it ought to be.