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Why did Pythagoras fear beans?
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[QUOTE="Klystron, post: 6823520, member: 614295"] The warning about fearing certain beans rings a faint bell from studying the classics. Some beans or seeds from the Mediterranean basin where Pythagoras lived appear edible but may contain mild to fatal toxins, such as [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricinus']castor beans[/URL] that produce ricin. If memory serves, Pythagoreans had some unusual community rules including diet and permissible consumables. [/QUOTE]
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