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riazrizviyesterday at 10:02 PM2 repliesview on HN

Florida's manchineel tree (with the tiny apples) is the OG wood you don't burn because it blinds you.


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blacksmith_tbyesterday at 10:11 PM

Or oleander [1], which people occasionally poison themselves with by burning its wood.

1: https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/immunology-and-microbio...

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dmurrayyesterday at 11:48 PM

But you also don't touch it, eat it, or stand under it when it rains, so the opportunity to burn it by mistake is limited.

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