Poisonous Tomatoes

Let’s start our week with a bit of American historical trivia…about tomatoes.  On September 25, 1820, Salem, NJ held a trial against tomatoes. The general populace believed that tomatoes were poisonous, so Robert Johnson stepped in to prove them wrong. To do so, he bravely stood before a crowd at the courthouse and consumed a whole basket of the delectable fruit. Not dying after consumption, the trial was promptly dismissed.

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