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Josh Clark

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Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

One word, a pot herb.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Isn't that awesome?

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

What a great homey little like I just imagine, you know, hobbits using that word.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Yeah, hobbits and my wife.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Oh, does she call them potterbs?

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

You've heard that before?

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Oh, yeah, yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

I told her we were talking about dandelions today, and she was just like, oh, are you going to talk about this, this, this, this, this, this?

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

She's like, oh, the famous potterb?

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

It's also another kind of clock.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

You know, I already mentioned the shepherd's clock because the opening and closing it at the sunrise and sunset.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

But those little seed heads are called dandelion clocks.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

And that is from the old, you know, you make a wish when you blow the dandelion and you scatter those seeds is sort of a long, rich childhood tradition.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

But apparently the number of puffs it takes to empty that thing is what time it is.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

So it can, I haven't tested this out.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

I don't know if this is rock solid science, but that's a sort of a thing.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Hmm.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

That's pretty neat.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
The Fascinating History of Dandelions

And one other thing about those papuses and the seeds that are attached to them, there's a long standing, I guess, kind of urban legend that,