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That's what I thought, too, but it's apparently an urband legend. [1]

No, it's not an urban legend.

Commercial properties prune their palm trees regularly to avoid falling coconuts.

Though I worry more about jacktrees. Their melons can weigh over 100 pounds!

I was surprised by the champagne corks figure.

probably because its a trope on TIL on reddit.