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TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin".
woXBJ
TIL dandelions were called pissabeds due to their diuretic content.
vPOw4
TIL that the Giant Puffball Mushroom has the the most progeny of any living thing. 7 trillion spores. If each of the spores from two generations produced a mushroom they would have a combined size 800 times the size of earth!