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Just Touching the World’s Most Dangerous Tree Could Send You to the Hospital (www.mentalfloss.com)
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The “little apple of death” is the true forbidden fruit.

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[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 month ago

Every tree will send you to the hospital depending on how hard you touch it. Touch a dogwood tree at 90 miles per hour and pretty soon you'll be telling stories about three surgeries and eight titanium screws.