They have considered using wood chips to cover the course for the equestrian cross-country event if there is torrential rain.

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Kon-Tiki was the name of the balsa wood raft which was used to cross the Pacific Ocean in 1947 in a journey of 8, 000km (4, 900 miles).

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When House Representative Cherie Buckner-Webb (ID-D) was growing up in Boise, Idaho, a local hate group burned a wood cross in her yard.

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