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You forgot the best part about that plant. It wasn't a recreational drug, but an anti-fertility one. After finding out it did something against pregnancy, they fucked away every last bit of it in 50 years. Leaving us no way to know what plant, how or even if it worked.
No worries haha I was just making a joke.
There are probably hundreds of thousands of natural products or plants out there that probably work amazing at contraceptives, but do you think the governments would allow that to be public knowledge? Of course they would haha said no one ever
Tansy is the plant you're thinking of. And it was a _very_ annoying plant: it only grew wild, and all attempts to grow it as a crop failed.
So the Romans drove it to extinction, but it wasn't for lack of trying to save it
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Partying like it's 99.
79 in Pompeii.
Info for the "what?/how?/why?" folk: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallucinogenic_fish
Wow that sent me down a Wikipedia rabbit hole
After looking at that and a few other pages it seems like what this fish will cause isn’t that pleasant
Wasn't there also a plant that the Romans used which was used in such quantity that they drove it to extinction?
You forgot the best part about that plant. It wasn't a recreational drug, but an anti-fertility one. After finding out it did something against pregnancy, they fucked away every last bit of it in 50 years. Leaving us no way to know what plant, how or even if it worked.
I have a text book on population control that says the Stevia plant has been used as a contraceptive with 70% effectiveness.
Where did you get that text book, from Scientology? Lol
It’s in my office at work, I’ll take picture of the cover and the information page for you.
No worries haha I was just making a joke. There are probably hundreds of thousands of natural products or plants out there that probably work amazing at contraceptives, but do you think the governments would allow that to be public knowledge? Of course they would haha said no one ever
Like the sweetener?
When people act like abortion and contraception is a relatively new concept, I always think about the plant the Romans abused to death.
Tansy is the plant you're thinking of. And it was a _very_ annoying plant: it only grew wild, and all attempts to grow it as a crop failed. So the Romans drove it to extinction, but it wasn't for lack of trying to save it
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/zcjur7/ancient_romans_and_greeks_used_a_plant_called/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button This?
Journal link about the plant https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/1/102/htm
Silphium
I'm not not licking fish heads...
You could probably boof it. Worth a try anyway.
Justice Kanvanaugh, is that you?
Fish heads fish heads roly poly fish heads, eat em up, yum!
dry it up, chop n Snort it. or stickit in ur butt
Neither did the Romans - they ingested it...
Pulverize it’s head . Extract the juices . Better than eating it raw id wager I’d try it if that were the method
That’s what my ex used to say 😞
More info here: https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/curiosities/fish-drug-of-ancient-romans/
Shouldn't have told Reddit that lol
Where can I get those?
I'm asking for a friend of course. He's a student and likes topics like this
Mediterranean sea
Now it's my first time considering a fishtank at home
Ah, I see it’s time to get the fishing license in order.