TIL of a stinging tree called the Gympie Gympie. It secretes a toxin that is so painful that is has driven humans and animals to suicide. It feels like being burnt with hot acid and electrocuted simultaneously. A man shot himself after using a leaf from the tree as toilet paper.

http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2009/06/gympie-gympie-once-stung,-never-forgotten/



Submitted January 21, 2015 at 03:09AM by DropTheGigawatt http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2t3gqh/til_of_a_stinging_tree_called_the_gympie_gympie/