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The tallest lifeforms of all time

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If you doubled in size, your weight would be eight times greater. That’s the trouble with growing tall. Gravity’s pull is keeping us all down. Science Insider shows how a few earthly giants have fought gravity and won.

Why are trees the tallest lifeforms on Earth?

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