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Brushing against these fuzzy green leaves covers you in tiny needles that deliver months of agony. The Gympie plant injects potent neurotoxins that flare up…
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Because trusting the average citizen with a step stool and a glass orb was simply too risky for the government. Up until a legal revision, doing your own…
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These things look like they were planted upside down by a confused giant. Found in Madagascar, Baobab trees possess ridiculously swollen trunks designed to…
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