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Medicinal uses of the rose: Long ago rose petals were used to control bleeding because they contain an astringent called tannin.
Flowers stop craziness:Around the time of Henry VIII it was believed that 15 days of drinking a mixture of crushed daisies steeped in wine could cure insanity. The oldest roses: Colorado fossils of the rose which were alive 40 million years ago are the oldest evidence of roses.
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