'Hot garbage': Australians react to smell of 'corpse flower' in bloom

Almost 20,000 people visited Sydney's Botanic Gardens to catch a whiff of a rare plant in bloom.

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It's big, rare and dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the 'corpse flower' in bloom

Visitors gathered in Sydney to witness the blooming of a rare flower known as the "corpse flower," which opens for just 24 hours once every few years.
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'Hot garbage': Australians react to smell of 'corpse flower' in bloom

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It's big, rare and dead smelly: Visitors flock to see the 'corpse flower' in bloom

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