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TIL that the sea-sickness medication that made the D-day landing possible — given the loss of usual supplies from Europe — was derived from a native Australian plant, the corkwood tree Duboisia myoporoides, whose properties had been known for centuries to indigenous Australians. https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/no-one-saw-it-coming/dday-bush-medicine/106778814 https://www.kcl.ac.uk/news/australian-indigenous-bush-medicine-was-given-to-allied-soldiers-on-d-day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duboisia_myoporoides