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Verbose Tree Description
- In college, John Green strongly disliked a novel's lengthy tree description, finding it overly verbose and uninteresting.
- Years later, he ironically finds himself giving a detailed description of a tree, proving "be careful what you ridicule".
Space and Time
- The Big Bang created both space and time as we understand them, making the concept of "before" the Big Bang meaningless.
- John Green appreciates this interdependence, comparing it to Cantor's set theory.
Ginkgo History
- Ginkgo biloba, the only surviving Ginkgo species, closely resembles its ancient ancestors, thriving during the age of dinosaurs.
- While Ginkgos existed in Indiana millions of years ago, they died out and were reintroduced only recently.