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“Mandrake plants cry and produce a fatal sound when uprooted”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: There is no scientific evidence to support that Mandrake plants emit a fatal crying sound when uprooted. The video in question stems from a Harry Potter-themed exhibition in Russia, depicting a fictional scene from the …