WEBVTT - 9 Leafy Facts about Houseplants

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what mango was that well, so obviously we both

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<v Speaker 1>heard that a bouquet of roses means love and yellow

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<v Speaker 1>flowers means friendship. But there was one I had not

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<v Speaker 1>heard about. Have you ever heard that sending a basil

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<v Speaker 1>plant to someone apparently means I hate you? No, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>my wife actually gets me a new basil plant every spring.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought it was because I like it on pizza.

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<v Speaker 1>And uh, actually, you know, my my daughter actually named

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<v Speaker 1>the last plant basie and oh bazy the basil plant.

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<v Speaker 1>That's great. Well, if you were more skilled in the

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<v Speaker 1>art of floriography, you might second guess that gift. And

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<v Speaker 1>supposedly the secret language started in the seventeen hundreds and

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<v Speaker 1>it was a way for women and harems to communicate

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<v Speaker 1>under the guards noses. And while that origin story might

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<v Speaker 1>be a little bit murky, the system did become really

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<v Speaker 1>popular in the eighteen hundreds, and so between eighteen twenty

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<v Speaker 1>seven and nineteen twenty three there were at least nine

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<v Speaker 1>different flower dictionaries published in the US alone five That's

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<v Speaker 1>that's crazy. But obviously now I know to watch out

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<v Speaker 1>for people bearing basil gifts. What what other flowers should

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<v Speaker 1>I be wary of, especially when you're married to them. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>there are lots of things. So according to Alice, obscura

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<v Speaker 1>hydranges mean you're heartless. Striped carnations mean a strong no

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<v Speaker 1>to any question you've just asked. I like just the

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<v Speaker 1>idea of having one on hand as your way of

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<v Speaker 1>saying no. And then let me see here, we've got

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<v Speaker 1>some others in a bouquet of oleander and bird's foot.

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<v Speaker 1>Trefoil means beware my revenge. And also don't pin any

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<v Speaker 1>white cartomines to your kid's clothing because that means paternal

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<v Speaker 1>error apparently. But anyway, this is just the first of

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<v Speaker 1>nine facts will be covering on today's show on flowers

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<v Speaker 1>and house plants, So let's dig in AI. Their podcast listeners,

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Part Time Genius. I'm Will Pearson and as

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<v Speaker 1>always I'm joined by my good friend Manues Ticketer and

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<v Speaker 1>sitting behind the soundproof class talking to his house plant, Robert.

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<v Speaker 1>Why did you name it Robert again, Mango? I think

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<v Speaker 1>for Robert plant. Uh, he's so clever. Well, that's our

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<v Speaker 1>Palin producer Tristan McNeil Nomengo. I know you mentioned that

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<v Speaker 1>you get a new basil plant every year or not?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that because you're bad with plants or what? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>Pretty much. I mean, my grandfather was a botanist and

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<v Speaker 1>my mom has like a wonderful green thumb, but somehow

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<v Speaker 1>it's skipped a generation. I'm just really forgetful about plants,

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<v Speaker 1>and I kill off the basil everything a year. But man,

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<v Speaker 1>I actually haven't done this yet, but I know they

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<v Speaker 1>are all these apps and smart phases that sort of

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<v Speaker 1>remind you to check soil moisture and whatever and and

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<v Speaker 1>feed the plants and water them. But um, one thing

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<v Speaker 1>I did find online was this Reddit site called take

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<v Speaker 1>care of My Plant? Have you actually heard of this? No?

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<v Speaker 1>What is it? Well? This is great because it's gonna

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<v Speaker 1>be my first fact. So basically, in two thousand and sixteen,

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<v Speaker 1>this renator named Tyler J would decide he was bad

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<v Speaker 1>at taking care of plants, and he decided to harness

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<v Speaker 1>the collective force of the Internet to help. Wow. Actually

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<v Speaker 1>that kind of reminds me of that little guy who

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<v Speaker 1>sold shares of himself online. You know, so you could

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<v Speaker 1>be a stockholder in him if he wanted to, and

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<v Speaker 1>he called himself a publicly owned company, you'd actually be

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<v Speaker 1>allowed to vote on things like whether he should get

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<v Speaker 1>a vasectum or not. Do you remember this? It's crazy

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<v Speaker 1>and actually his girlfriend was so infuriated by that. But

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<v Speaker 1>I mean this is kind of similar. Every day the

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<v Speaker 1>thread would post like today's October eighteenth or whatever, and

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<v Speaker 1>then ask do you want to water the plant? And

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<v Speaker 1>there was this elaborate set up, but basically, if more

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<v Speaker 1>people voted yes than no, the plant who was named

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<v Speaker 1>Jeff would get a shot of water. And it was

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<v Speaker 1>kind of brilliant, like people who wake up check the

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<v Speaker 1>threat every day places their vote. And then there was

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<v Speaker 1>a video camera on it as well. So has Jeff survived?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, there's so many trolls I can't imagine, and

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<v Speaker 1>it has well, apparently it's undetermined. As of January two eighteen,

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<v Speaker 1>it was still alive, but barely, and uh, it wasn't

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<v Speaker 1>exactly the Internet's fault, and friendly Tyler had gone on

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<v Speaker 1>vacation and the pot of water that was like feeding

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<v Speaker 1>the supply had run dry, and uh, now he's actually moving,

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<v Speaker 1>so he's taken the project offline. But it's kind of sweet,

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<v Speaker 1>like the community is waiting for updates like anxiously, and

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<v Speaker 1>and uh, someone even tried to hijack the thread to

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<v Speaker 1>keep other plants alive appriendly. There's this plant named Gordon

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<v Speaker 1>that might be getting some internet love next, but it's

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<v Speaker 1>kind of a contentious issue. But what sort of fact

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<v Speaker 1>do you have next? I love that we've talked about

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<v Speaker 1>plants named Robert and Jeff and Gordon. This is pretty good,

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<v Speaker 1>But I've got a pretty simple in here. But it

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<v Speaker 1>kind of highlights why we should all have house plants,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the fact that indoor plants can actually help

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<v Speaker 1>fight loneliness and depression. There was a two thousand fourteen

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<v Speaker 1>study that showed that the presence of plants in the

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<v Speaker 1>office actually increased workplace satisfaction, self reported levels of concentration,

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<v Speaker 1>and perceived air quality. And actually, on a related note,

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<v Speaker 1>Amazon recently unveiled an indoor rainforest of sorts in their

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<v Speaker 1>new building in downtown Seattle. It contains more than forty

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<v Speaker 1>thousand plants of four hundred different species for extra happiness.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess I love then I'd love to visit maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you know, whenever they picked their second location. But uh here,

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<v Speaker 1>here's what I think you might like. So you know

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<v Speaker 1>how terrariums are kind of all the rage. Now, well,

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<v Speaker 1>our our researcher, Eaves, told me this. Apparently the first

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<v Speaker 1>terrarium was just like penicillin and some other grade inventions,

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<v Speaker 1>created accidentally. So it was by the scientist named Nathaniel

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<v Speaker 1>Bagshaw Award. I've never heard of him before, but he'd

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<v Speaker 1>originally built glass boxes for caterpillars, you know, to watch

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<v Speaker 1>their metamorphosis. And this was way back in the eighteen twenties.

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<v Speaker 1>But all of a sudden he noticed that this fern

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<v Speaker 1>sport had started growing in the soil, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>fascinated because no one was tending to it. So he

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<v Speaker 1>started building larger glass cases in his house and y'all

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<v Speaker 1>hard and on his roof apparently, and his largest was

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<v Speaker 1>like two and a half meters long. And by eight

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<v Speaker 1>thirty six he'd actually published a book on it, called

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<v Speaker 1>on the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases title.

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<v Speaker 1>But apparently one of his firms that he used to

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<v Speaker 1>exhibit at shows hadn't been watered for eighteen years, and

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<v Speaker 1>for years people used to refer to terraneans actually as

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<v Speaker 1>Wardian cases. I had not heard that before. Well, I've

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<v Speaker 1>got one here about one on the unintentional house plants.

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<v Speaker 1>Have you ever heard of that company called Lush. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>they make those super fancy soaps, right, yeah, that's right. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>in two thousand and sixteen, they made this bar called

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<v Speaker 1>Wicked Magic Muscles Bar, which had these massaging seeds in

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<v Speaker 1>it to fulliate your skin, I think, and there were

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<v Speaker 1>some sort of being but to the surprise of some people,

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<v Speaker 1>when the seeds got scraped off and lodged in little

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<v Speaker 1>cracks in the shower, they started sprouting these little plants.

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like that's the only sort of plant I

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<v Speaker 1>could keep alive, like the kind you're not actually supposed

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<v Speaker 1>to have. Okay, So so here's the story. I think

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<v Speaker 1>it's funny. Have you heard about this album called Music

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<v Speaker 1>to Grow Plants? I haven't, so I really want to

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<v Speaker 1>hear it. Apparently, and this is from our friends of

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<v Speaker 1>Atlas Obscure. The album was created by a dentist in

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<v Speaker 1>nineteen seventy and it kind of lends smooth cocktail party

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<v Speaker 1>jazz with some really high pitched, irritating sounds between. It's

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<v Speaker 1>mostly it's really terrible. And I also can't imagine that

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<v Speaker 1>that actually works or does anything. Yeah, I mean, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure it does either. I know plants do hear things.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, we've talked about this before on the show,

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<v Speaker 1>that plants have been known to bend towards water sources,

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<v Speaker 1>Like if they hear the drips of a leaky pipe

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<v Speaker 1>and they're not getting fed, then they might wind towards that.

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<v Speaker 1>Or if there's the sound of an insect chewing on them,

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<v Speaker 1>it can alert them to turn on their defenses. But

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<v Speaker 1>for the most part, scientists are pretty skeptical. I think

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<v Speaker 1>the thing I really liked about this was that the

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<v Speaker 1>dentist was insistent that this kept his plants lush and beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>and he really didn't want it to be turned into

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<v Speaker 1>a novelty record, Like you didn't want this to be

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<v Speaker 1>like created as some sort of jokes. So his record

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<v Speaker 1>was only sold in flower shops and a few department stores.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty good, all right. Well, here's a fact for

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<v Speaker 1>you about venus fly traps. Because I know Mango that

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<v Speaker 1>you love venus fly traps. Is it that you shouldn't

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<v Speaker 1>feed them hamburger meat? Well, that's definitely true. And so

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<v Speaker 1>while the greedy plant will gobble down the hamburger, its

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<v Speaker 1>system is built for bugs, not beef. So the burger

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<v Speaker 1>will actually harm the plant. But that wasn't my fact.

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<v Speaker 1>Got me a little side track there. I didn't know

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<v Speaker 1>this before this episode, but venus fly traps only grow

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<v Speaker 1>in the wild in North and South Carolina. In fact,

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<v Speaker 1>they're even the official state carnivorous plant in North Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>Did you know there's the state carnivorous plants? Pretty great,

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<v Speaker 1>I had no idea. I also love that there's probably

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<v Speaker 1>some furious backup, right, like was the picture plant lobby

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<v Speaker 1>is super upset about it or furious plant venus fly

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<v Speaker 1>trops got the nod. Well, I don't know about that,

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<v Speaker 1>but but here is what's crazy. So in nineteen fifty six,

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<v Speaker 1>the states started protecting their favorite meeting plant, so you

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<v Speaker 1>actually have to get a permit if you want to

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<v Speaker 1>collect them from the land. And in fact, it's lucrative

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<v Speaker 1>enough that there's a whole world of families who poached

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<v Speaker 1>the plants as their main business. But in two thousand fourteen,

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<v Speaker 1>the state struck back and they upgraded the theft of

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<v Speaker 1>a fly trap from a misdemeanor to a felony. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not kidding about this. And actually, in two thousand fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>two men stole over a thousand plants and they were

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<v Speaker 1>thrown in jail with the bond said at one million dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>And apparently the Charlotte observers said they both had quote

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<v Speaker 1>plant related priors. That's amazing. So I had no idea

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<v Speaker 1>that they were so sought after, though I did know

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<v Speaker 1>that Thomas Jefferson was a huge fan of venus fly

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<v Speaker 1>traps and I had a lot of them around. But

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<v Speaker 1>you know, just the idea of Thomas Jefferson feeding a

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<v Speaker 1>little plant like kind of makes me happy. Yeah, me too.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, well, let's take a quick break and come

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<v Speaker 1>back with our final two facts. Welcome back to Parti'm genius.

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<v Speaker 1>We we're talking about house plants. So well, your wife's

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<v Speaker 1>a gardener and super into nature. Do you like the

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<v Speaker 1>garden to I mean, I love that we have a garden,

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<v Speaker 1>and I like being out there, and I like doing

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<v Speaker 1>things like digging when I'm told to dig. But I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. I mean, I wouldn't consider myself a gardener,

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<v Speaker 1>but I do like being out there, how about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Every time my family used to garden together, I would

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<v Speaker 1>find some excuse to come inside and make drinks like

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<v Speaker 1>lemonade for everyone. I just hated it. Although I love plants,

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta use that trick, all right, So what what

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<v Speaker 1>fact do we have to close this out? Mango? So

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<v Speaker 1>we talked a little about picture plants and venus fly

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<v Speaker 1>traps being surprisingly valuable. But did you know how lucrative

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<v Speaker 1>the bonds eye industry can be? No? Apparently, and this

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<v Speaker 1>comes from cockkey dot org. There's a World bonds Eye

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<v Speaker 1>Championship every year. I think this was the eighth year

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<v Speaker 1>of it in two thousand seventeen, and uh it's considered

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<v Speaker 1>the Olympics of Bonzai. But the top tree last year

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<v Speaker 1>I went for nine thousand dollars. Can you imagine that?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, they are like little pieces of art, but

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot imagine almost a million dollars for a single one.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's a lot of money. But here's something

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<v Speaker 1>else that blew my mind. So even though the trees

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<v Speaker 1>are tiny, the fruit they grow is regular size. So

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<v Speaker 1>there are actually pictures online of like a single apple

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<v Speaker 1>growing from a six inch tall tree. It's insane. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>that is insane. All right. Well, here's my final fact,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think you might like this. So have you

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<v Speaker 1>heard of gilded fertilizer? Guilded fertilizer. Yeah, so this is

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<v Speaker 1>a luxury product that comes from an organic goat farm

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<v Speaker 1>in Switzerland, and it's basically golden manure nuggets or what

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<v Speaker 1>they're marketing as they call it elegant manure. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>super expensive. So for fifty dollars, you get a tiny

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<v Speaker 1>vial of gold dusted nuggets stacked on a stick. Then

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<v Speaker 1>you can just pop it into a house plant and

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<v Speaker 1>it looks super modern and beautiful, but it actually also works,

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<v Speaker 1>And if I'm being honest, I think they could probably

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<v Speaker 1>sell really well. I mean, I thought I was going

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<v Speaker 1>to clinch this with my big fruit, tiny tree fag.

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<v Speaker 1>But you know the fact that people aren't just making

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<v Speaker 1>golden manure but selling at it a high price, like

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<v Speaker 1>it's just too good. It's really kind of genius. It's

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<v Speaker 1>pretty smart. Well, thanks for the victory this week, and

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<v Speaker 1>thank you guys for listening. We'll be back with a

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<v Speaker 1>full length episode tomorrow