• TulipanJones
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      1211 months ago

      Plants’ main objective is to make baby plants. Some, like cacao, peppers, coffee beans, have opted to be bad for some/most animals so they don’t get eaten. Turns out that humans are pretty metal and like chocolate, capsaicin (the spicy compound in peppers), and caffeine.

      • @ThatWeirdGuy1001
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        511 months ago

        Same with nicotine and alcohol.

        It’s also theorized that humans consumed these things to help with parasites

      • @Zombiepirate
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        1111 months ago

        In order for you to overdose on chocolate you would need to have an equivalence of dosage which is around 700 chocolate bars.

        So 300 is probably ok? Asking for a friend.

        • @grayman
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          211 months ago

          I’m pretty sure my kids have gotten to 100 on Halloween. They’re tiny, so you’re probably fine.