TIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal level

@Ullallulloo · 11 months ago

TIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal level

@Ullallulloo · 11 months ago

The part I don’t get is that apparently spinach has a fair bit higher amount of the toxin, oxalic acid, than rhubarb does. Does spinach cause people to get sick then if they eat a lot?

TIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal level

TIL that, although rhubarb leaves are poisonous, you would have to eat several pounds in one sitting to reach a potentially lethal level

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