This weed.

Sharing curiosity I say. Just wanted to follow up and let folks know this plant is called jimsonweed, and is very poisonous and a hallucinogenic! It's nickname is also Jamestown weed and this is why:
"As told by Robert Beverly in The History and Present State of Virginia (1705): "The soldiers presented "a very pleasant comedy, for they turned natural fools upon it for several days: one would blow up a feather in the air; another would dart straws at it with much fury; and another, stark naked, was sitting up in a corner like a monkey, grinning and making mows at them; a fourth would fondly kiss and paw his companions, and sneer in their faces with a countenance more antic than any in a Dutch droll.

"In this frantic condition they were confined, lest they should, in their folly, destroy themselves - though it was observed that all their actions were full of innocence and good nature. Indeed they were not very cleanly; for they would have wallowed in their own excrements, if they had not been prevented. A thousand such simple tricks they played, and after 11 days returned themselves again, not remembering anything that had passed."

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So we are GETTING RID of all the seedpods and are now FULLY educated with its dangers. I don't remember this plant at all while I was growing up and I'm not sure why it's made a sudden appearance on the banks of the driveway. I would think it was funny if it wasn't so scary! (But I don't mind if you laugh a little. It would kind of make me feel better.) This is home education at work!