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This question originated in the 1740's when a philosopher, by the name of Ottman, who came to the conclusion that it did not make any sound at all.

However, in 2001, this question was put to the ultimate test by a professor of bio-horticultury who embedded microphones in the ground then planted a silver-birch and waited for it to grow over the period of 6 years. He then chopped it down remotely and the microphone did indeed record sound levels that you would expect from a newly planted silver-birch tree falling down. Therefore disproving Ottman's theory.

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