It's strange enough that they look like an umbrella made out of veins, but even stranger that they actually bleed.
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Discovery Communications
"If it bleeds we can kill it ... I think ..."
The red liquid the trees release upon being cut or wounded isn't actually blood -- it's obviously just resin. But like, resin is the blood of the trees, man. You ever think about that? Really, really think about that?
Shit, sorry. We may not have cooked that brain mushroom right ...
What's The Best Fictional School To Attend? In the muggle world, we're not given the opportunity for a magical hat to tell us which school we should go to. Usually we just have to go to the high school closest to where we live or whatever college accepts our SAT scores and personal essay. This month, our goal is to determine what would be the best fictional school to go to. Join Jack, Daniel, and the rest of the Cracked staff, along with comedians Brandie Posey and Steven Wilber, as they figure out if it's a realistic school like Degrassi or West Beverly High, or an institution from a fantasy world like Hogwarts with its ghosts and dementors, or Bayside High, haunted by a monster known only to humans as Screech. Get your tickets here!
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