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Fern seeds supposedly grant total invisibility

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Who needs high-tech camouflage when you have basic woodland foliage? Historical texts claimed that holding a fern seed—a biological impossibility since ferns produce spores—would instantly render the holder completely invisible to the naked eye.

Fern seeds supposedly grant total invisibility
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