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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 3 points 1 month ago

And beans exist pretty much everywhere.

[–] HackerJoe 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.