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[–] Carl@lemm.ee 4 points 11 hours ago

This is a default family in the Sims.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

Fun fact potato berries are poisonous . They look just like black nightshade weeds which grows everywhere

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People always look at you weird when you call Salsa a "concoction of nightshade fruits".

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 3 points 13 hours ago

Tbf, most of these would kind of suck in a salsa.

[–] Toes@ani.social 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tobacco would make a great name for a cat

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 6 points 20 hours ago

And how majestic that cat looks!
Def the photogenic one in the family.

[–] Vathsade@lemmy.ca 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I can see a deadly link for nightshade for a few of them (like when potatoes turn green) but I've never heard of poisonous tomato facts... Are there any?

[–] millie 8 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

Europeans used to think tomatoes were poisonous. They referred to them as poison apples.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 4 points 12 hours ago

The poison apple thing is based on works of Galen, who, seeing how he lived in Europe in the 3rd century, has never seen a tomato, nor spoken to anyone who has. But he did describe a poisonous "wolf peach" that happened to match a tomato, so obviously that must be it.

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 12 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

That's because they used pewter containers which were pretty common back in the day. The acidity from tomatoes would leech the lead out of the pewter and into the tomato so anyone eating this lead infused tomato product was gonna be in for a bad time.

[–] millie 3 points 16 hours ago

I remember hearing that but I'd forgotten the specifics! Thanks!

[–] lime@feddit.nu 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Sanguine@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Its a family photo, they don't need to be blood relatives.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 6 points 1 day ago

so tobacco is not related?

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah that one messes me up as well. Who of these birthed the cat? Who of these did the cat birth?

[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 3 points 23 hours ago

You never heard about mom having kittens?

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Potatoes? One of the "family" just decided to be a tuber?

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Get this, they're so closely related that botanists created a plant that grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below.

[–] XTL@sopuli.xyz 3 points 13 hours ago

Wild. TIL. Thanks.

[–] millie 2 points 20 hours ago

Just be glad they didn't turn into crabs or cats.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

Here I was thinking tomatillos were separate