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Tomato Bizarre Salem tests
We all heard about horrified Salem witch tests right?
More than 200 people were accused of witches from 1692 to 1693 in Salem, Massachusetts.
Finally, the leadership of the town admits the tests is a mistake and compensation for the family sentenced.
Although no compensation can compensate for having a loved one torn from this world.
Nothing strange when Salem witch tests collect a lot of naked.
It is one of the largest roses of mankind, allowing fear and hysteria reasons and logic.
However, a Salem test rarely mentioned is Tomato Salem test - although this happens in Salem, New Jersey.
Yes, tomatoes, juicy red things that people are placed on your burgers or in your salad.
They held a test against tomatoes.
Background
Tomatoes, as soon as they introduce the Western world, have long been considered a poisonous fruit.
After all, red in nature often means dangerous.
It was also considered a "sin" food due to its mild sexual stimulus characteristics, Tomato did not receive many love between the 1500s and 1800s.
John Gerard, a barber / surgeon and one of the earliest cultivators of fruits, believes they are toxic because they contain low toxin content called Tomatine.
While Tomatoes contains very low toxins, we all know they are harmful.
Safety to say, Gerard's vision has been a long-standing virus and for centuries, red fruits are considered inconsistent to consume humanity.
TEMPICAL TESTING
So with all those contexts, and know full of people of any Salem who loves a crazy trial, it won't be surprised when tomatoes have been put into court in court
A man, Colonel Robert Gibbon Johnson, refused to believe that tomatoes are toxic.
In fact, he is holding competitions to see who can grow the largest tomatoes annually.
Equal
Thus, possible, the public still believes that Colonel Johnson is a dazzy, and they still believe that tomatoes to become a bonsai are rather than a dininger.
A point to prove
Knowing something drastic was done to ease the fear in the court, Colonel Johnson walked ahead of the crowd gathered with a tomato basket in his hand.
With the determination to defend and steady nervous, Johnson - a lot with the terror of the audience - conducting Munch in his way through deadly fruits.
One after one, he goes through the tomato basket, a lot of enjoying all accounts.
For those who come to meet blood, there are many disappointments when there is.
Johnson, against all scientific and religious faith, stands after his healthy afternoon snack.
After this stage turning point, Tomato's toxicity was completely despised.
After that food continues to become something planted in almost every garden, and serves with almost every meal across the continent.
A top of the hat for you, Colonel Johnson.
