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From: marco@andromeda.UUCP (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Re: Killer Apples
Message-ID: <81@andromeda.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 8-Feb-86 10:52:30 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb  8 10:52:30 1986
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In article <3012@pesnta.UUCP>, earlw@pesnta.UUCP (Earl Wallace) writes:
> I heard that the seeds of apples contains arsenic or strychnine...
> Any truth to this
> I wonder?

  Yes. Apple seeds contain prussic acid, which apparently turns into
cyanide after you eat them.  I've heard that the lethal dosage is about
a cup, though.
                                                W. rat