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minus-squarepartofthevoice@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 天前No sorry, that would take another 200 years.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 天前It’s an older one so in case someone doesn’t know, the premise of that Simpsons episode is that because tomatoes have a small amount of nicotine being a related plant (actual fact) to tobacco they could be combined making addictive tomatoes.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 天前A very small amount, yes. You couldn’t eat enough to have any effect it’s so small, but it’s there.
minus-squareonlinepersona@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 天前Hmm, our body also generates DMT naturally and we don’t know why. Life’s mysteries.
Same for tomato plants?
No sorry, that would take another 200 years.
Tomacco plants?
It’s an older one so in case someone doesn’t know, the premise of that Simpsons episode is that because tomatoes have a small amount of nicotine being a related plant (actual fact) to tobacco they could be combined making addictive tomatoes.
Tmatoes have nicotine?
A very small amount, yes. You couldn’t eat enough to have any effect it’s so small, but it’s there.
Hmm, our body also generates DMT naturally and we don’t know why. Life’s mysteries.