Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- An Oregon scientist who enjoyed a Simpsons' cartoon episode about Homer crossing a tomato plant with tobacco managed to match the feat, reports said Thursday. Rob Baur told Portland's KPTV the episode prompted him to create a real "tomacco" plant by grafting a tomato plant onto tobacco roots. Advertisement The lone plant is small and has produced only one piece of fruit. But a laboratory has confirmed the plant's leaves indeed contain nicotine. Though the fruit hasn't been tested, Baur believes it could be poisonous since it likely contains a lethal amount of nicotine. The tomato and tobacco plant can successfully become one as they come from the same plant family, which also includes eggplant and the deadly nightshade. Asked what his next project might be, Baur told KPTV, "I'll have to review my DVDs to see if there is more Simpsons science available."
