stackyFACTSAristocrats managed to terrify themselves over a simple salad ingredient. Elite Europeans ate off pewter plates, and the high acidity of tomatoes leached lead from the dishes, causing lead poisoning. Instead of blaming their fancy heavy metal tableware, they naturally assumed the round red fruit was a deadly assassin.
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