Post #2050750
2026-04-30 14:53 UTC
Many years ago, I decided to make opening a new tab in my browsers open the #Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random page. and it's just the best.
The results vary a lot in terms of interest, of course. but rarely do I learn nothing, and every so often? Just a pure gem: Today for example: I was introduced to: Aristolochia chilensis (orejas de zorro "fox ears").
Native to Chile, this vine is kinda like a pitcher plant, but *feeds* the flies instead of digesting them (and also smells bad, is poisonous and feeds caterpillars who also then become poisonous!):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristolochia_chilensis
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@mjdxp@labyrinth.zone 2026-05-02 06:51
@logosity this sounds fun, but i have a bad feeling i'd end up doing a presentation at work or something and inevitably open a new tab which happens to send me to the page for "intercourse" which subsequently leads to my firing