Open Thread: Sunflowers

Hosted by a sunflower

Fun fact: did you know that sunflowers can absorb radioactive cesium from the soil they grow in?  They've been used this way to help clean up after Chernobyl.  For this reason, the sunflower has become a symbol for nuclear disarmament.

Also Van Gogh painted them and they are very pretty thank you.

Open thread!  Do you know any other fun or interesting facts about sunflowers?  How about fun or interesting facts in general?  Do you like sunflowers, and if not, what do you like better?

~ Kristy

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