Category: Did You Know?
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Did you know: Daisy Trees
there are tree-sized daisies growing on the slopes of East-African volcanoes?
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Did you know: ubiquitous daisies
daisies are the most common plant family in the world?
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Did you know: Giant Roses
most common fruits are giant roses? Apples, Peaches, Pears, Cherries, Plumbs, etc.
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Did you know: Cherry Poison
cherry leaves contain cyanide? It is part of what makes them so pretty in the fall. (The fruit is ok. The trees want you to eat that).
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Did you know: Italian Protests
Italy has a protest and strike application process?
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Did you know: Largest Lake
the largest lake in the world by volume is Lake Baikal in Russia? They still run an ice highway across the frozen lake every winter.
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Did you know: Roman Pipes
Roman pipes were mostly lined with ceramic to prevent lead poisoning? It was as the infrastructure became run down and ill-managed that damage to the pipes started letting lead into the water.
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Did you know: longevity
the oldest living individual life forms are Bristlecone Pines? Over 4,000 years in some cases.