Random Plant Facts

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    Sprout Pencil
    Sprout Pencil
    The Sprout pencil is a plantable pencil that contains a seed inside. When it's too short to use, you can plant it and watch it grow herbs and vegetables.
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    There's a flower called "Hooker's Lips" that literally looks like a set of hooker's lips.
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    TomTato
    TomTato
    The TomTato is a plant that produces both potatoes and tomatoes!
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    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    65-Year-Old Bottled Plant
    There's a plant that has survived in a sealed bottle for over 65 years. It was watered just once in 55 years.
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    The smell of freshly cut grass is actually a plant distress call.
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    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    Hemlock Water Dropwort
    There is a poisonous plant that leaves the victim with a smile on their face at the time of death.
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    Romans used a plant called Silphium as contraception. They had so much sex that they drove it into extinction.
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    During photosynthesis, plants emit light humans can’t see, but NASA can see that light from space - and they've even made maps of it!
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