Mind Blowing Random Thoughts

Im going to have to second this one. Incest is absolutely wrong. From every standpoint. Evolutionary speaking, not social construct. The construct is there for a reason.

How about a bonus today! Just found out about this awesome tree.

Hura crepitans , the sandbox tree , also known as possumwood and jabillo , is an evergreen tree of the spurge family native to tropical regions of North and South America, including the Amazon Rainforest. It is recognized by the many dark, pointed, poisonous spines and smooth brown bark. These spines have caused it to be called monkey no-climb .

The fruit is a large capsule with explosive dihiscense (splits along pre-formed lines); seeds can be launched, upon opening, up to 70 metres per second (170 MPH).

It has also been coined the Dynamite Tree.

How awesome is that?


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This is totally unsubstantiated, and it’s likely I’m misremembering. I think this tree was used for torture at one time, by tying the victim to it, then torquing the ropes. Or not and I’m just a sicko.

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Sounds like something drug lords or a crime syndicate out of Colombia would do to someone who betrays them.

Theres a reddit on worst forms of torture. Just people thinking of sick stuff.

Tried it lol

No ive heard that b4 too, and they extracted the poison and used it with other torture devices too, those trees are badass, i just heard about them not that long ago myself

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The thing i saw those on talked about these as well… rainbow eucalyptus

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Ooo, thats cool

Feb. 19th mind blowing random thought of the day: Even though Alaska is approx. 70 times larger than Vermont, they both have around the same amount of total road mileage in their states.

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Yeah…not a lot of roads in Alaska. Is it Juneau that has no roads in or out of the city? You have to fly or boat in. (I took an Alaskan cruise for my honeymoon…awesome place)

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Just ran across this :laughing:

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Urghhh… i dont like that one bit

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Feb. 20th mind blowing random thought of the day: Earth is currently the only known planet where fire can burn.

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Wait…what??? Does’t fire mean that something is burning??? And does fire burn or does something else burn resulting in fire.

My brain is hurting.

:dizzy_face:

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Fire burns things

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But…spontaneous combustion… :wink:

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I love how combustion and rusting are both the same type of chemical reaction (reduction-oxidation), but at very different speeds.

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Lol. Wouldnt happen on Mercury!

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My mind is officially blown!!

:exploding_head:

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Thats wild… i could understand mars and everything on back cuz its so cold but u would think Mercury and Venus being right in the middle of a colossal ball of fire and us with temps 700-800 degrees hotter than us would be ablaze all the time. Gotta be a lack of combustible materials or oxygen maybe?