Trapped inside a dark glass bottle neck until midnight sets me free, I pop with sound and fly away, though I used to grow on a tree. What am I?
A champagne cork
The solution relies on understanding what bottle stoppers are made of and how sparkling wines are opened. Natural cork is harvested from the bark of oak trees, and when pressurized champagne is uncapped at midnight, the cork shoots into the air with a loud pop sound.
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