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Have you ever seen a tumbling tumbleweed in real life?

Yes
51%
No
49%

2,685 votesFinal results

7:20 PM · Mar 1, 2020

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Did you just watch the new CGP Grey video too? youtu.be/hsWr_JWTZss

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This is really quite something

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Why are Tumbleweeds trending?

made a video about them as well. youtu.be/hsWr_JWTZss

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Yup and hit it with my car going 45mph. They go poof

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Yes, just a few days ago just north of the SF Bay Area, up near Healdsburg.

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yes, I've seen a lot of them in southern california..

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there are 4 in my back yard as we speak

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They're actually quite terrifying when you're driving along the highway at 70 mph

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A month ago, actually, in Twentynine Palms (by Joshua Tree). Can't remember any before that.