lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agoTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1438arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareTIL that the tumbleweeds commonly found in the American West are Russian thistle. They are an invasive species from Asia that adapted well to the dry, open landscapes of the western U.S.lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-text
It’s kind of funny, I think, that a plant so closely associated with America is actually not native at all.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 days agoThat does make the Sons of the Pioneers song famously played at the beginning of The Big Lebowski a bit less romantic… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YLGUHIqhU
That does make the Sons of the Pioneers song famously played at the beginning of The Big Lebowski a bit less romantic…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-YLGUHIqhU