Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for August 27, 2018

the hogweed sounds irresistible even if you’re passing through

It must be giant hogweed week. It was featured yesterday in “Mark Trail”.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/gardening/a21598753/giant-hogweed/

Wait a minute, the men’s team has only scored Olympic gold twice. 1960 and 1980, so you could say that the US men’s team can only win gold in years that end in zero. With two wins it is statistically insignificant.

Wow. Comic Coincidence again? Giant Hogweed was on Mark Trail yesterday!

According to weather.com, Hawaii reached 100 degrees for an all time high on April 27 1931 on Palau.

Hey man, quit hogging the weed.

Warroad is the only place in the USA where hockey pucks are made; giving the town tremendous leverage over Team USA.

Giant Hogweed, aka Giant Cow Parsley and Hogs bane. (see “Mark Trail”)

We got them in spades along the interstate here in northern VT.

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So the guy from Minnesota was smart enough to stay away from hogweed while playing hockey in Hawaii. We learn so much here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTuJQL8GBqY

Wild parsnip, a similar but smaller plant, presents the same hazard. And, it is much more common in the United States. Both are invasive species in the U.S.

I’ll bet it gets hotter near the lava flows.

So I guess no one in Hawaii has ever had a fever…?

I’ve got some hogweed in the back yard.