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Tree Struck by Lightning refers to a viral video of a tree that is burning on the inside while the outside remains intact, evidently a result of being struck by lightning. As the video spread on Twitter, other users added humorous captions to it.

Origin

On October 19th, 2019, Twitter user @sofain tweeted a video of a tree burning on the inside, saying "A look inside a tree that has been struck by lightning." The post gained over 135,000 retweets and 522,000 likes, and the video has received over 18 million views as of October 22nd (shown below).

Spread

As the video spread, other Twitter users tweeted the video with humorous captions. For example, user @Ecrumrine tweeted a dialogue parody showing he was angered inside, gaining over 6,200 retweets (shown below, left). User @feelingfisky made a joke about one's digestive system, gaining over 390 retweets and 3,600 likes (shown below, right).

Other popular tweets include a joke by @benjaminepark that gained over 220 retweets and 2,000 likes (shown below, left). User @ziwe tweeted, "this tree looks like how period cramps feel," gaining over 340 retweets and 2,500 likes (shown below, right). Jokes were covered by the Daily Dot.^[1]

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