stackyFACTSAncient cultivators in Sri Lanka discovered that if you peel the inner bark of a specific evergreen tree and let it curl into brittle little sticks, it tastes fantastic. Why anyone initially thought to eat the inside of a random tree branch remains a magnificent botanical mystery.
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