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Zyklon beets

Prussic acid is also a by-product of beet sugar production, and a method of obtaining the chemical from beet-molasses wastewater (the liquid left over after you get the sugar out) was patented in 1915. Although prussic acid has its benign uses, its most infamous application was as the main ingredient in Zyklon B, the Nazi death camp gas. It is concluded that the SS used the remaining 1 percent to murder about a million people.
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Surviving Biscotti

  US grandfather survives week in snowbank on croissants and biscotti. It had been nearly a week since the 81-year-old left his mountain home in Big Pine, California, to drive back to his wife in Nevada, but he hadn't arrived. Finally, after six days, the former Nasa employee was rescued from the snow, where he had survived on some biscotti and a couple of croissants!
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Cauliflower care home killing

  In 2020, a retired school caretaker died after choking on cauliflower at a care home in north London.   The coroner ruled that the death was caused by neglect.   The victim, Cristofaro Priolo, was 80 years old and had Alzheimer's. His care plan stated that he should only be fed soft foods. Paramedics found five pieces of cauliflower in his mouth, ranging in size from 2–5 cm.
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Dim Sum drama

  The Holdovers’ Star Da’Vine Joy Randolph Remembers “Near-Death” Robbery at a Dim Sum Restaurant: “I Wolverine’d It” Randolph recalled her experience "grabbing knives" after witnessing a dramatic robbery at a dim sum restaurant with her best friend.  The Holdovers  star said she fled for the restaurant’s kitchen because “they’ve got knives.”
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Gutted by Gizzards

 Husband kills wife over chicken livers (gizzards) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVPDhpgeFw
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v Carmela Soprano's Manicotti

  If you want a little variety in your stuffed pasta, there's a recipe for   Manicotti   in  Janice's  Sunday Dinner  chapter of Artie's  The Sopranos Family Cookbook. Carmela Soprano's Manicotti with Ricotta Filling / Filling for Large Shells https://imturning60help.blogspot.com/2012/09/carmela-sopranos-manicotti.html
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Don't drink the sap

Un ripe #mulberries and the white sap from any part of the #mulberry plant can be mildly toxic.  Eating large amounts of the sap can cause nervous system stimulation, hallucinations, indigestion, and nausea.  The sap can also irritate the skin. Infants and young children who eat the whole mulberry fruit may experience an acute sickness characterized by vomiting.
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Masquerading Monkfish

Mislabeled fish :  In 2007, the FDA warned consumers not to eat imported fish labeled as monkfish that may have actually been puffer fish.  Puffer fish contain tetrodotoxin, a potentially deadly toxin that can't be destroyed by cooking or freezing.
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