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Except for grass and most trees, suburban foliage is often quite toxic. A lot of your ornamental plants are poisonous. Think lilies, foxglove, Solomon's seal, and all the excitemen…

I'm seeing quite a few websites suggesting cayenne pepper to keep Virginia Opossums out of your plants. I've never tried it myself, but that's a marsupial that appears to not like …

Wild corn relatives, however, just look like most other grass.

I'd add hemlock in there in too. Both are plants you'll see in parks in town. A toddler died here a few years ago because his parent allowed him to play in the big plants with the …

They're common in landscaping throughout the US. We had some in our front yard, but us kids knew better than to eat random berries. It's painful for me to think that there are peop…

So yesterday was a windchill of -5F or something equally miserable. I spent about 20 minutes out in it and then drove home. When I got into the car, the heat felt perfect on full b…

The distance from my home to a mountain lion has been documented at under a mile in the last year. They are officially spotted within a few miles every couple years, but I'm quite …

How about outside the city? This is a statewide test, how are other areas doing?

In the other 127 schools, what percentage of students were proficient in math? How about other schools given the same test? It's hard to draw conclusions without context as to what…

Brings fugu to mind. I wish I could get a scientific answer to whether there's actually a high associated with it or if that's just in people's heads.

If you've never done it, deep fried whole potatoes are amazing. It gets creamy in a way that good mashed potatoes do. Just be careful as they can explode like anything else with a …

>Welds are quite strong -- it just extends the metal. This is especially true when the baseline quality of the metal is not high. This is not the case at all. A weld almost always …

Presumably because of pressure from superiors. If they know you're in cell range and ignoring them, they'll be pissy. If you're simply unable to receive communications, that's just…

They're towing cars. You think they bring them back 30 minutes later and leave a friendly note? Unreasonable search and seizure. I'd say the seizure of property worth tens of thous…

Three countries, but your point stands.

That's a much bigger question than whether one can commit an evil act without considering it evil.

People committing genocide also presumably don't wake up saying they're going to be evil again. Being able to justify an act to yourself doesn't make it not evil.

He killed a lot more dogs and horses than cats. Anyway, I'm not a fan of that particular style of pop-history article myself. I much prefer an article written by someone who is cap…

It is a thing. It's just not as universal as people try to claim. There's a lot of biology in the marine world. No one can be an expert on all of it.

Some sharks have to swim to move water over their gills. Not even close to all of them and it's not due to their heartbeat being connected to their swimming. https://www.britannica…

It probably wasn't the cause in 1811.

"Whatever the word “pepper” means to you, whether it’s the black powder you put on your eggs, a classic green taco-topping jalapeño, or the red hot chili ones that take you on a Ca…

The cutout saddles actually cause similar injury in women. That's a big point in the article. Women need specialized support in that region, not a complete cutout.

This would have been less concerning a couple decades ago, but after Virgina Tech, more than 1 or 2 people suddenly running past me would cause me to make assumptions. Some "Captur…