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Which tree is the strongest?

Cork, it is also balsa. It is the strongest tree in the world, measured in three categories - stiffness, flexibility and compressibility - stronger than oak and pine.

Despite the fact that balsa is the softest tree, it is not a softwood species (coniferous), but a hardwood (deciduous). The botanical term "hardwood" is used for hardwoods - broad-leaved and mostly deciduous trees that are angiosperms (i.e. flowering, such as balsa) - as opposed to coniferous gymnosperms (i.e., non-flowering, such as pine).

Cork is also very light, though not the lightest in the world. The lightest and most practical tree comes from New Zealand and is called whau (pronounced "faw"). Maori fishermen make floats out of it.

The word balsa means "raft" in Spanish. The cork tree is not afraid of woodworms.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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Who founded the first zoo?

The zoo, as everyone knows, is a place where animals living on earth today are kept and demonstrated to visitors.

Why are wild animals kept in zoos? The most important reason is that everyone is interested in animals. Another reason is that scientists have the opportunity to learn a lot of important things by studying the life of animals. Watching how animals behave, what they eat, how they grow, you can learn a lot not only about them, but also about people.

So, the zoo is like a school for studying both animals and people. And, perhaps, this explains why the first zoo, about which we know something, was called the "knowledge park". It was founded in 1150 BC. e. Chinese emperor, and it had many kinds of deer, birds and fish. Although it was somewhat similar to modern zoos, there was one significant difference: it was probably not open to the public, but was kept for the entertainment of the emperor and his court.

Since it costs a lot of money to complete a zoo and maintain it, in ancient times only kings and the rich started them. Many of them owned collections of rare birds, fish and animals of all kinds.

The world's first real public zoo was opened in Paris in 1793. It was the famous "Jardin de Plante". It contained animals, a museum and a botanical garden.

The next big zoo was opened in 1829, in Regent's Park in London. Then came the Berlin Zoo, which was opened in 1844 and became one of the most remarkable in the world.

In the United States, the first zoo was opened in Philadelphia in 1874, followed by a zoo in Cincinnati the following year, in 1875.

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