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Initial-Apartment-92 t1_jdjli2h wrote

Reply to comment by grieverx99 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

Why is this getting so many upvotes? Of course most deaths from nearly any poisonous plant are due to people accidentally ingesting it?

Are most people surprised that it’s not very common to force people to knowingly eat poisonous plants anymore?

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