I Hope You Brought Plenty of Food!

Did you ever wonder how far you could travel through the ocean, in a straight line, before you hit land? If you set sail from Pakistan and never adjusted course, you’d pass between Africa and Madagascar, then between Antarctica and Tierra Del Fuego in South America, and finally end up in Russia nearly 20,000 miles later!

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Plant a Tree in 12 Seconds

The Sindh forest department in Pakistan wanted to plant some mangrove trees on an island mudflat, to help its threatened ecosystem. They decided to bring attention to coastal conservation by setting a world record in the process. 300 people planted 1,129,294 mangroves in only 12.5 hours! That averages out to 12 seconds per tree!

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