Learned today the Poinsettia was a wild flower from Mexico that got marketed by some dude named Hickey who sent free ones to the Carson Show, Bob Hope, Dinha Shore Shows and Better Homes and Gardens. Today the grandson of the founder sells 50 million of them yearly.
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