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@Yakster said:

@ShawnOL said:
How long before the nanny-staters call for warnings on these foods?

Wonder how long they will be allowed to be planted in California once this gets out

Tonka bean trees, dipteryx oleifera, which are often used in pipe tobacco like 1792 for their vanilla-like flavorings, tend to survive and thrive lightning strikes in the rainforest as the lightning follows the path of least resistance outside the tree and down into the roots killing off vines and neighboring, competing trees.

https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/nph.70062

https://youtu.be/Kb-cJZWEnhA?feature=shared

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DI3LPDniuq5/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=emg3eXJmODdlNmY0

https://www.livescience.com/animals/fish/pacific-spiny-lumpsucker-the-fun-size-fish-that-evolved-a-suction-cup-so-it-could-stay-put-for-a-minute