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Okay so I can't for the life of me find a straight answer on the internet about this: Which tree is Dragons Blood incense from? Because the only tree called dragons blood I can find is endangered. (hexbear.net)
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I like the smell of dragons blood incense but I don't want to buy it if it's from an endangered species.

In before someone makes a joke about it being from real mythical dragons

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[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Can confirm, wikipedia is right about this one!

Also, not at all surprised to learn that the Romans didn't distinguish the plant resin from the mineral cinnabar because holy shit they just loved willingly consuming poison.

[–] PM_ME_YOUR_FOUCAULTS@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

they just loved willingly consuming poison.

Truly, we are all Romans

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Can't relate, my diet consists of only homegrown hydroponic cannabis watered with reverse osmosis treated water.

[–] PointAndClique@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

Ty! I read your other comment in this thread too - very informative!