155- Palm Reading

99% Invisible

• Episode: 155- Palm Reading
• Website: 99% Invisible
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• Duration: 00:13:23
• Published: 2015-03-04 04:34

Reports of palm theft have appeared in LA, San Diego, and Texas; palm rustling also gets a mention in Susan Orlean’s The Orchid Thief. To understand why someone would want to steal a palm tree, we need to understand their value—which has a lot to do … Continue reading →