The palm Verschaffeltia splendida is famous for its prop roots, which are roots that emerge from the stem & grow toward the soil at an angle. When they penetrate the soil, they provide increased stability for the palm. Maize (corn) does it, too, on a smaller scale. #Arecaceae #roots #Botany 🌾🧪🌱

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reliance on starlink is a national security threat for every country, including the united states, where musk would absolutely use it to sabotage the foreign policy of a dem president it must be replaced posthaste

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The rise of celebrity culture definitely helped the avalanche of dumb on its way - why tour an exotic far eastern country in the company of someone who knows something about the place, when you can have instead some random TV face clowning for the camera every time he’s shown food that isn’t chips.

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What a loss. I never knew him or what he looked like, but I knew his voice like a family member. Noah Adams, longtime host of NPR's All Things Considered, has died

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Most of us are richer than Elon Musk. He is a soulless and miserable person.

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