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Post by JoeP on Nov 1, 2017 8:25:19 GMT
Gave them to criminals and told them they'd be pardoned if they lived? and told them God would let them live if they were really innocent?
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Post by Miisa on Nov 1, 2017 9:28:48 GMT
I wonder how our ancestors decided which mushrooms were safe to eat? And you can extend that idea to most food. I suppose after a few people died horribly, the remaining villagers would try very small amounts of any newly discovered potential foods - and then if it proved to be tasty and there were no ill-effects, they'd gradually build up the amount consumed till they could declare it 'safe'. Yes, I can well imagine the trying just a miniscule amount of something new and if there is no reaction for a few days gradually try more and more until it is considered safe. But the oddest ones are situations where something is poisonous unless you do something very intricate to it. Such as a local mushroom we have here that needs to be boiled several times for about 10-15 minutes each time, always changing the water in between each time. Was someone so determined to eat this deadly thing they went through several different experiments/test subjects to find out if something worked?
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Post by Moose on Nov 1, 2017 20:09:51 GMT
There are things like that here too ... I can't remember specifics but there are lots of varieties of common things that we eat that are totally poisonous, and yet someone kept trying till they found the one that wasn't. Desperation? Experimentation on undesirable people?
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