The Most Dangerous Things People Have Eaten

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Eric Lund
Oct 30, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

We've all heard stories about stuff like poisonous blowfish, but when you really think about it, there's a surprising number of foods that can kill you. It's not just poisonous foods, but also strange and specific allergies, extremely dodgy and less than hygienically stuff, or just something you might just choke on. There's a wide world of dangerous food out there, and many of us have found ourselves on the wrong end of the spoon. People will also eat the worst things, simply out of politeness.

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    Font - Goh2000 4 days ago · edited 3 days ago 5 Accidentally ate a poisonous mushroom on vacation when I was 5. I was non responsive and ended up in the hospital for a couple of days. To clarify: We had gotten a basket full of mushrooms from some friendly locals for dinner. None of them were poisenous except the one I ate. Nobody knew it was poisonous until I didn't react to anything later that night when I was already laying in bed.
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    Font - rekniht01 4 days ago 2 92 Methylsulfonylmethane or MSM. It's a dietary supplement that some people take to treat joint issues. My FIL was taking it and wanted me to try it because it has a very peculiar taste. He gave be a spoon that probably only had 1/8-1/4 teaspoon of the powder on it. I took it, tasted it, it was very bitter, and swallowed. Within a few minutes my throat began to swell, I had some tightness to my chest and some wheezing plus some hives awhile later. I had started into
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    Font - topkrikrakin 4 days ago · edited 3 days ago S Fried rattlesnake! The guy didn't tell me it was still filled with dozens of tiny ribs which lodged in the back of my mouth. I had to reach in with my hand and pull them out before I felt safe to breathe again. Edit: It was lightly flavored and flaky like fish I'd eat it again
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    Font - Tauqmuk181 4 days ago Bananas. Apparent I'm allergic to them and didnt know for the first 28 years of my life. My daughter was describing how bananas make her throat itchy and that's when my wife told me that wasnt normal... still love them I'm just a bit more careful as to how many I consume.
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    Mammal - Shawikka 4 days ago Gyromitra esculenta. Poisonous mushroom that can be lethal if not parboiled correctly, but I trust my mom. She makes AMAZING mushroom sauce from them. One of the best thing I've eaten.
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    Facial expression - SlowTest2 4 days ago 2 Fermented shark. The taste itself was enough to make my stomach quiver, but worse were the flavor burps that lasted for two days that no amount of toothpaste/mouthwash could destroy.
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    Smile - DrBlaBlaBlub 4 days ago Chicken a friend of mine made... She thought if you can eat a steak medium rare, it would be fine to marinate chicken, call it a chicken steak and eat it medium rare.
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    Font - Squrf 4 days ago Undercooked dry kidney beans. You need to cook a toxin out of them before you eat them, usually by boiling for 15-20 minutes. I was just tossing them in a slow cooker when I was making chili. Luck was on my side, until it wasn't. Imagine, if you will, a case of food poisoning. Usually it only lasts for about a day or so until your body has cleaned house. Compress that entire experience into four hours. I buy canned beans now.
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    Human body - OBX-BlueHorseshoe 4 days ago S Sushi from a gas station store.
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    Human body - gagearcane 4 days ago Cashew bar. Didn't know your tongue could itch. Or that you could feel your throat closing up. First time I cried in front of my mom in years.
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    Font - princess_kittah 4 days ago this one time i had a turkey sausage and i guess i was allegic to something in it because my lips swelled so big i looked like a botched lip filler surgery victim. i ended up going to the hospital and now i carry an eрipen
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    Plant - Minute_Composer_5587 4 days ago I use to eat sunflower seeds whole, shell and everything. Sometimes the shell would get stuck in my throat and I thought I was going to die.
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    Rectangle - MitchHedberg 4 days ago 2 A Popeyes biscuit... without water.
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    Font - deyawper 4 days ago Street food from a cart in Bangladesh. Shelled hard boiled eggs held in sun at 35 C degree heat and all the creatures you could imagine. Too offend host or commit to 3 days of gastrofun.
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    Footwear - Reddit_reader_2206 4 days ago 22 3 3 2 The last piece of my wife's fancy sea-salt chocolate bar.
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    Human body - The_Dark_Dualist 4 days ago Tacos from Taco King in New York. I had to get my stomach pumped. I'll never forget the agonizing pain and vomiting that it caused.
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    Font - Unknownguy12202 3 days ago I was like 7 years old at my grandmas and I found a muffin in her kitchen in the food pantry. Turns out that s-'t was atleast 6 months old and was blue on the inside. It wasn't a blueberry muffin.
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    Font - HerbertGoon 4 days ago Not eaten but drank. Jail holding cell water. I was sick for 2 months from drinking 2 small cups.
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    Font - FormoftheBeautiful 3 days ago S I was once shaken awake by my mother in a panicked state. I was visiting my hometown, and went out to drink a buuuuuuunch of beers with friends. When I got home to my childhood house, I snuck in to the fridge, and found a bowl of what I thought was sushi... So I drunkenly sat on the kitchen floor, and I ate about... maybe a football-sized portion of what I thought was a giant bowl (for those who recall, it was the giant yellow Blockbuster bowl for popcorn,
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    Font - Yup. I didn't even chew that stuff. I was swallowing pieces of slimy uncooked chicken down my gullet. I think it was marinating in tasty spices. Looking back... jeez, how drunk do you have to be to make that mistake?!? Anyway, mom wanted to take me to the hospital. And I... was surpassingly not hungover. I noticed zero ill effects.
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    Font - coconadas 4 days ago My friend and I where fishing in a canal by the beach when he found a tall boy in the water between some mangrove roots. The can was ancient enough for the label to have almost completely faded from the can at that point. He chugged it no hesitation.
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    Font - Beathyra 4 days ago A spoonful of cinnamon powder. When I was a kid (a preteen), I did try this cinnamon powder challenge like what's shown on youtube (thanks AFV) and I thought it's cool to do it while completely ignoring my mom's and grandpa's warnings. Nearly choked. That was the stupidest challenge I've done and I was sooo000o dumb at this time.
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    Font - femsci-nerd 4 days ago I used to eat raw hamburger meat right out of the package. I LOVED it as a kid. When I got older and learned how contaminated ground beef was I was shocked I didn't die of E Coli poisoning. I later discovered steak tartar and I prepare it myself from a larger piece of meat.
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    Eye - SmegmaSmeller 4 days ago Cheesecake... while being lactose intolerant
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