Tuesday, November 07, 2006

The Tree That Ate Roger Williams

Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island (eighth grade social studies, woot!), was buried near an apple tree. When a few of his descendents exhumed his grave, with a mind to put his remains somewhere more prominent, they found no bones. Instead, they found a portion of the apple tree's root, which followed where Roger's spine had been, and split in two for his legs.

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