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Eucalyptus trees can pull gold into their leaves

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If money doesn't grow on trees, nobody told the Australian flora. Eucalyptus trees growing over deep gold deposits act like biological mining drills. Their massive root systems draw up microscopic gold particles along with water. Since heavy metals are toxic to the plant, it deposits the pure gold out into its leaves and branches to get rid of it.

Eucalyptus trees can pull gold into their leaves
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