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We're all just human beans (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 3 months ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works

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[–] repungnant_canary@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Is that true? Were beans even present at the time and location of Pythagoras?

[–] janus2@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

chickpeas and fava beans are native to the Mediterranean region I think

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

And beans exist pretty much everywhere.

[–] HackerJoe@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Partly. I never heard about the smell part. He planted them and observed that the bean stalk sprouting out of the bean resembled the way a human grows in the womb. That's why they thought the beans contain human souls.

Hmm, that even crazier actually.