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  1. April 26th, 2007, 09:54 AM #21
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    apple seeds contain cyanide.

    In fact, a lot of fruit seeds do.
    If the world doesn't stop annoying me I will name my kids ";DROP DATABASE;" and get revenge.
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  2. April 26th, 2007, 01:27 PM #22
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    Flying from London to New York by Concord, due to the time zones crossed, you can arrive 2 hours before you leave.

    too bad they dont fly anymore


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    Hi RoadClosed,

    Interesting about potatoes and such. They are all members of the Solanaceae family, and as such contain the poison solanine (C45H73NO15).

    I guess we have:

    Potato
    Pepper
    Aubergine (egg plant)
    Nightshade
    Henbane
    Bittersweet
    Tomato
    Thornapple/Jimson weed (datura stramonium)

    Nightshade also contains a fair dose of atropine, which is the real killer in its case.

    Along the same lines, rhubarb stems are quite edible, but the leaves contain enough oxalic acid to take you out!

    As I have always known of your ambition to be an Australian goat herder, I thought this link might help?

    http://home.vicnet.net.au/~yvgoat/poison.htm

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  4. April 30th, 2007, 04:05 PM #24
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  5. April 30th, 2007, 06:23 PM #25
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    Quote Originally Posted by alakhiyar
    it will dissolve a tooth if left for long enough

    HOWEVER so will fresh orange juice
    That's not true. It's actually because of the organisms in your mouth that produce acid after feeding on the sugar.
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  6. May 1st, 2007, 02:44 AM #26
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    http://www.singlegrain.com/blog/301-useless-facts/

    And Gore is correct myth busters broke that one.
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