• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    At the Pensacola Visitor’s Center there was a 1’ cube of live oak vs white (red?) oak on a chain and pulley. The difference in density is clear. The live oak feels like a block of concrete. To experience that and then to think men made ships out of it with only tools using running water, wow.