Myths & mysteries
Medieval herbalists believed pulling a magical mandrake root would produce a scream that could kill a human
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If your salad ingredients are actively trying to murder you, maybe order takeout. To safely harvest the human-shaped mandrake root, mystics tied a hungry dog to the plant and threw meat just out of reach, letting the pet take the fatal sonic blast instead.
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