5 Little-Known Facts About Poison

Here are five interesting facts about poison that you may not know.

What's your poison?

Here are five aspects of poison that you may not know according to Popular Science:

Number 5 -- Our Food Contains a Fair Amount of Cyanide -- Many foods aside from apple seeds -- including almonds, wheat, sugar cane, soy, and cherry pits -- contain cyanide or other cyanide-producing substances. Too much and cells can't use oxygen

Number 4 - Green-Eyed Potatoes Can Kill -- If any part of a potato -- eyes, skins, or sprouts -- is green, throw it away. The greenish hue indicates large amounts of glycoalkaloid, which can lead to coma or death if eaten.

Number 3 -- Some Nicotine May Be Beneficial -- Many plants like peppers, eggplant, and tomatoes use nicotine poison for defense. Eating those foods has been linked to lowered risk for Parkinson's disease.

Number 2 -- Real Poisons in Macbeth's Witches' Brew -- "Tooth of wolf" is a nickname for monkshood while "tongue of dog" is houndstongue. The brew's filled with many other carcinogens, psychoactives, aphrodisiacs, neurotoxins, and anesthetics.

Number 1 -- Snow White Could Have Happened -- If injected with a non-lethal dose of the pufferfish toxin, the apple could have paralyzed her for 7 days. Then Prince Charming could have coincidentally kissed her as she woke up.