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I have moved this question to the computing reference desk. --Viennese Waltz 07:48, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

1000 $

Are there any 1000 US $ Banknotes in circulation?  Jon Ascton  (talk) 16:47, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

No. See US currency#Banknotes and Large denominations of United States currency. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:58, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Circulating right now? Not likely, but there is likely some notes still in safes or bank boxes and those could still be spent. Of course you would have to be crazy to do that as those notes are worth more then $1000 to a collector. Googlemeister (talk) 19:00, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

They are possibly circulating in the collectors' market. 88.9.108.128 (talk) 12:26, 23 August 2011 (UTC)

Possible poisonnous plant growing wild in backyard

I have this plant in my back yard that comes back every year, my 20 yr old son actually looked at it for the first time and said it was poisonous plant called nightingale. But i looked nightingale up and didn't see anything that resembled what is in our back yard. It is green & has these little berries on it that grow in rows similar to cherry tomato plant. Before the berries come in there are very small pink flowers that bloom, they then fall off when the berry starts to grow which they start out green then turn deep purple. The berry is about pea size only oblong not round. My question is what could this kind of wild plant be & is it poisonous? I have a little beagle & she is very inquisitive, i don't want her to poison herself by eating the berries if this plant is poisonous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 198.231.24.244 (talk) 19:29, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

I suspect he was thinking of a nightshade, of which Atropa belladonna is well known for toxicity. Googlemeister (talk) 19:30, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Deadly Nightshade

Pokeweed

Beautyberry

Potato

Elderberry

Salal

Serviceberry

Blackcurrant

Gooseberry

Privet

Daphne

Hmm... rows, purple berries, pink flowers. Other possibilities which might have pink flowers (pictures above):

• Pokeweed (Phytolacca spp.), poisonous to humans and animals.
• Beautyberry (Callicarpa spp.), not listed as poisonous, but don't eat it anyway.
• Potato (Solanum tuberosum), the fruits of potatoes are toxic.
• Elderberry (Sambucus nigra), edible, but are poisonous when green and unripe.
• Salal (Gaultheria shallon), edible.
• Serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.), edible.
• Blackcurrant (Ribes nigrum), edible.
• Gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa), edible.
• Privet (Ligustrum spp.), mildly poisonous.
• Daphne (Daphne spp.), some species may have purple elongated berries. All parts of the plants are highly poisonous.

It could also be any number of other 'true' nightshades (genus Solanum, of which tomatoes, eggplants, and the aforementioned potatoes also belong to). Especially since you compared it to cherry tomatoes (though that name may apply to other plants in other regions). A lot of members of this genus are slightly to highly toxic, though that also applies to the rest of the nightshade family (Solanaceae). -- Obsidi♠n Soul 21:15, 22 August 2011 (UTC)

Please don't rely on the internet to identify a plant if you're worried it may be poisonous! It can be hard to identify plants from textual descriptions or even photographs. Take a cutting to a nursery or knowledgeable gardener. Or if in doubt, dig it up. --Colapeninsula (talk) 09:07, 23 August 2011 (UTC)