r/interestingasfuck • u/ThumYorky • 26d ago

This pixelated leaf I found /r/ALL

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u/Broken_Infinity 26d ago edited 26d ago

That’s a mosaic virus.

Fun fact tulips stricken with mosaic virus were considered highly valuable in Amsterdam during a period of history when everyone was crazy about tulips to the point that tulips were grown with the virus on purpose. They couldn’t understand why the tulips would die so quickly.

Edit: Here’s a painting of one of the famed flowers.

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u/shayter 26d ago

Wow! No wonder why I've never seen those tulips. They're gorgeous, I never knew it was a virus.

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u/Broken_Infinity 26d ago

Yep! For anybody curious enough to read, here’s the link. The craze was called Tulip Mania by the way in 17th century Amsterdam.