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humanregularbeing t1_jdh10hv wrote

Reply to comment by Theher0not in TIL that the Hemlock Water Dropwort is the most poisonous plant in the UK. Its poison constricts the muscles, causing death by asphyxia, which also causes a rictus like death grin. Use of this plant in Phoenician Sardinia for executions is the origin of the term "Sardonic Grin". by AspireAgain

I had a medical plants book that said messing with members of the parsley family is "like playing herbal roulette." Well put, I thought.

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Theher0not t1_jdh13ey wrote

I mean, that sounds like an apt description. Some stuff is lovley then some stuff is this or hemlock.

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