Archived TIL that tobacco seeds survived one and a half years in space, and still germinated afterwards (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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Archived TIL that tobacco seeds survived one and a half years in space, and still germinated afterwards (en.m.wikipedia.org)
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[–] middle_path 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Tobacco is fucking crazy! I'd it's being town apart by hawkmoth larvae (coincidentally its most frequent pollinator) it will begin to blossom in time for the humming birds. It changes its own pollinator at will.
[–] Atarian [S] 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
TIL two things about tobacco!
It probably has the poor fuckers addicted.
[–] BB-3 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
I mean nicotine is an insecticide, so there's that.