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Ancient olive tree of Vouves Crete

Somewhere in Vouves, Crete, an olive tree has been quietly outlasting entire civilizations. Estimates put its age in the thousands of years, and it still pushes out olives. The trunk alone wraps around roughly 12.5 meters. But here's the part that gets me: branches from this exact tree were cut and shaped into victory wreaths for the 2004 Athens Olympics. A tree older than most empires, crowning modern champions. Nature really said hold my Arc

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Ancient olive tree of Vouves Crete

Somewhere in Vouves, Crete, an olive tree has been quietly outlasting entire civilizations. Estimates put its age in the thousands of years, and it still pushes out olives. The trunk alone wraps around roughly 12.5 meters. But here's the part that gets me: branches from this exact tree were cut and shaped into victory wreaths for the 2004 Athens Olympics. A tree older than most empires, crowning modern champions. Nature really said hold my Arc

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