Friday Fun Facts - 6/15/2012

the photo above shows a bottle of l'heure bleue perfume

i had never heard of a puffball mushroom before i read the following passage from voyager

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i had no idea that any variety of mushroom grew to such an immense size. jamie's right

here are some more puff facts if you're interested

to tell the secrets of my prison-house

make thy two eyes

thy knotted and combined locks to part

particular hair to stand on end

here are this week's friday fun facts diana gabaldon's books

to distract both of them

how close is it?” he asked

send up to the cave when it starts

according to wikipedia

here's another example of a banyan

go to bed

here's more the history of banyans. i must say

the picture above shows a por ine's skull

but that i am forbid

i could a tale unfold whose lightest word

would harrow up thy soul

like quills upon the fretful porpentine

bonus trivia question: there is a reference to a "fretful porpentine" in the outlander books. do you remember who said it

warning! the next item contains spoilers )

it certainly looks like a vicious thing