I’m with Chinny! I mean… If you put lemon juice in poison, it doesn’t make it less poisonous.
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Our taste receptors evolved to help our ancestors recognize foods high in calories, and stay away from foods that might cause them harm. Unfortunately we pretty much know of all the harmful foods so there’s no danger, but we have […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Don’t swear off french fries just yet, the poisonous solanine is mostly found in the new tubers, sprouts and green parts of potatoes. Make sure they aren’t green under the skin, and throw sprouts away. But you could freak someone […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My reaction was that of Chinny’s. Death seems like some pretty serious damage, but it’s much less common than just having searing pain and then no physical damage after the fact. The pain evidently starts immediately and peaks at 20-30 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As a side note, I’ve never actually heard someone pronounce tomato “ta-ma-toe” ever, except when using that phrase. Knowing that kind of ruins Nightshade from the comics a little bit, doesn’t it? The French calling tomatoes “pommes d’amore”, or “apples […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
-If you have any sort of sore in your mouth and you’ve sucked out the venom, the venom will more than likely get into your blood stream. -Don’t ice down the wound either. It makes it difficult for the device […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…