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Interesting fact #13
« on: January 19, 2019, 03:59:30 PM »
In years gone by, those with money had plates made of pewter.

Food with high acid content caused some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning and death.

This happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes were considered poisonous.
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